…Florida Field Office. The February citrus crop forecast is scheduled to be released 12 noon Monday, February 10, 2014. You will be able to hear it “live” here on agnetwest.com….
USDA to Buy California Raisins
The USDA announces plans to purchase several million dollars in raisins to help feed the nation’s needy. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
Free Training on Safe Spraying for Agriculture
…and Sutter county Agriculture Commissioners’ offices, and the California Association of Pest Control Advisors. For more information and to register, please contact Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550 or ysfb@ysfarmbureau.com….
Young Cattlemen’s Conference Deadline Approaching
…www.angusfoundation.org. The Foundation’s sponsorship covers flight costs and registration fees. The applicant must be between the ages of 25 to 50 and a NCBA member. YCC allows young leaders the…
Secretary for Natural Resources Statement on Water Issues
…investment we can make right now in our water future.” For more information on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, visit http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Home.aspx For more information on water conservation, go to http://www.saveourh20.org/…
Beef Industry Should Focus on Consumer
…the better producers will be able to understand consumer behavior. For registration information and a complete schedule for the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show – visit www.beefusa.org….
State Board to Discuss Water Transfers and Drought Preparedness
…Secretary Karen Ross. “We are looking at scenarios in which considerable land fallowing and unsustainable groundwater overdraft will occur – leading to direct impacts within our rural farming communities. CDFA…
USDA Addresses Threat To Citrus Industry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to control a disease threatening the nation’s citrus industry. For more information: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/citrus_greening/index.shtml http://www.ars.usda.gov/citrusgreening/ http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/citrus-greening/…
EPA West Coast Collaborative Announces Grants
…retrofit school buses with exhaust treatment technologies. Commonwealth Utilities Corporation – Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) received $26,677 to retrofit power generation units to enable fueling with ULSD….
U.S. EPA fines agricultural products companies
…must pay $62,080 in civil penalties and, separately, Collierville, Tenn.-based agricultural products company Helena Chemical must pay $12,800 in civil penalties. Both companies had multiple violations under the Federal Insecticide,…
AgNet Media Inc. Principals Now Sole Owners of AgNet West
…KROP-AM, Brawley; KSAC-FM, Sacramento; KSRO-AM, Santa Rosa; KTIP-AM, Porterville; KFIG-AM, Fresno; and KYOS, Merced. For more information visit www.AgNetWest.com. To view this news release in .pdf format, please click here….
CDFA Accepting Concept Proposals
…are available at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep/CompetitiveGrantProgram.html All concept proposals will be reviewed by FREP’s Technical Advisory Subcommittee. Promising concept proposals that support at least one of the listed priority research areas will…
No Changes in Citrus Crop Forecast from USDA
…release of the citrus crop forecast from USDA will be Friday, January 10, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.. Be sure to tune in right here on agnetwest.com to hear the report….
ACP Quarantine Expands in Central California
…shown in the “Tulare” and “Tulare/Kern” maps available online at:www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/go/acp-quarantine-sjv In addition to the quarantines in these portions of Tulare and Kern Counties and nearby portions of Fresno County, ACP…