…Crop Block Grant Program. This program is a collaboration between the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands and CDFA to develop strategies and management practices to enable specialty crop…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship
…grades and financial need. The DEADLINE for submitting applications for the Agri-Culture Scholarship Program is: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 To request an application, please contact the Financial Aid office at…
National Milk Producers Federation on WTO COOL Tariffs
…dairy sales to two of the U.S.’s largest export markets. The WTO ruled against the U.S. meat labeling program last spring, saying Canada and Mexico had the right to respond…
Annie’s Project
Today Cathy Isom fills us in on the new changes on the world wide web for the program designed to empower women in Agriculture. Many farm and ranch women in…
Visalia Teacher Honored by Ag in the Classroom
…program to teach academic standards. Cates is a sixth-grade teacher at Linwood Elementary in Visalia, California. Cates has been an active social media follower of The Produce Mom since 2012….
Almond Board: Almond Conference Next Week
…and Food Safety • Almond Leadership Program To find out what is going on each day of the conference, the official 2015 Printed Program can be viewed on almondconference.com by…
Greater HLB-Resistant Rootstock Released
…Cumulative fruit yield for trees on US-1516 rootstock, at 211 kg/tree, was second highest in the trial, following trees on US-942 at 227 kg/tree. In the last season of harvest…
USDA Begins 49th Enrollment Period for the Conservation Reserve Program
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded farmers and ranchers that the next general enrollment period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) begins today, Dec. 1, 2015, and ends on Feb….
The Western View: Pecan Federal Marketing Order
Len Wilcox reports on the federal marketing order for pecans. The Western View: Pecans Federal Marketing Order This is a self-help program overseen by USDA that provides pecan funds to…
Climate Change Report – USDA
…Agriculture, a comprehensive set of voluntary programs and initiatives that is expected to reduce net emissions and enhance carbon sequestration by over 120 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent by…
Farm to Food Bank Month
December is Farm to Food Bank Month, and a successful program in California is a model for similar programs around the nation. Sabrina Hill reports. Farm to Family Program Listen…
Agri View: Peanuts Lost
You know it is bad to lose a crop to drought, bugs or disease. Even worse to harvest a very good crop and then lose it. It happened to some…
EPA Improves Final RVOs
…cleaner, renewable fuel, which sets a dangerous precedent for the future of the program. The uncertainty this waiver will create risks sending investment in the next generation of renewable fuel…
Hands-on Help for New Producers
…Agriculture allocates money for grants through their Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program (BFRDP). American Farmland Trust Executive Director of Programs John Larson says they took advantage of that money…