…of programs that provide a safety net for beekeepers who experience losses due to natural disasters, and the agency administers the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program,…
Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert
…the Ag program. Researchers are focused on root studies. As one said, “Understanding roots will lead us into the second green revolution!” We ended the day with a stop at…
Ag Committee Evaluates Effectiveness in SNAP-Ed
The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education programs in promoting positive long-term health outcomes within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Members heard…
Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update
…with a focus on arid-zone agriculture in a changing climate. We heard about their special wheat breeding program to develop varieties to cope with climate change; efforts to combat the…
Climate Smart Israel
…to meet our water and climate challenges. The California Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy Mission is funded in part by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program…
SWEEP Funding
CDFA Announces SWEEP Funding Availability for 2016 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is accepting applications for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). An estimated $18…
HLB-Identified Trees Tested, Most Negative
…ran them through the standard real-time PCR test, which is currently the only USDA-approved detection method for HLB. The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program (CPDPP) announced that the analyzed…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
…provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. 33 U.S.C. §1402. Additional information on the Title I regulatory program is available on EPA’s ocean dumping…
Pacific Region Fruit and Nut Review
…for grapes. Growers continued to monitor the grape crop for powdery mildew and proactively applied fungicide programs as needed. Grape bloom was completed by mid-month. Cherries and apricots were being…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
…suppression costs. “The House and Senate’s proposed budget allocations for the Forest Service’s state and private programs are signs that Congress is headed in the right direction when it comes…
Global Nutrition Coordination Plan Released
…report including National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) National Program Leaders Drs. Deirdra Chester, Dionne Toombs, and Isabel Walls, other U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists, the Millennium Challenge Corporation,…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…and yellow garden buttercups /ranunculus/ ripened for harvesting. The bright spring sun illuminates the field of agriculture in Israel Israel is regarded as perhaps the most climate-smart agricultural region in…
Almond Board: New E-Learning Program
There’s a new e-learning opportunity for growers. Almond Board Program Coordinator, Industry Relations, Rebecca Bailey tells us more about the program. Listen to the report: Almond Board e-learning With California…
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…fund the program, but it remains to be seen whether Governor Brown agrees. In 2015, Brown axed the $2.5 million that the legislature requested for the program. Last year the…