…In Review, designating the San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument, celebrating National School Lunch week and recognizing National Disability Month. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fs.fed.us/ www.flickr.com/usdagov www.fns.usda.gov/…
Almond Board Announces Bee Management Practices
As part of an ongoing commitment to honey bee health, the Almond Board of California released today a comprehensive, set of Honey Bee Best Management Practices (BMPs) for California’s almond…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review October 10
…Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, helping an endangered species, cooperating for success, and undecided Fall weather. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.aphis.usda.gov www.flickr.com/usdagov www.rurdev.usda.gov http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/10/08/secr……
Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Directors Support California Farm Bureau’s Voter Guide
…for disadvantaged communities. Unlike the storage aspect, funding for these projects will have to be approved by the Legislature. A complete Voter Guide is available at www.yubasutter.cfbf.com. Here is the…
California Certified Crop Adviser February 6, 2015 Exam Registration Period Open
Crop consultants in California and Arizona have the opportunity until December 5, 2014 to register for the February 6, 2015 Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Exam. The exam will be given…
49ers and CA Dairy Families Award $10k Fuel Up to Play 60 Grant in Santa Clara
…at Facebook.com/RealCaliforniaMilk, view videos at YouTube.com/RealCaliforniaMilk, follow at Twitter.com/RealCalifMilk and Instagram.com/RealCalifMilk and pin at Pinterest.com/RealCalifMilk About Fuel Up to Play 60 Fuel Up to Play 60 is an in-school nutrition…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review October 3
…USDA Week In Review, helping the underprivileged eat healthier, growing local food systems and fighting the spread of rabies. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fns.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov www.aphis.usda.gov www.flickr.com/usdagov www.rurdev.usda.gov…
Weekly Column: Farm to School Programs Create New Opportunities for Farmers
…Community Development Corporation in Bozeman, Montana reports a 40 percent increase in revenues to farmers based on school sales alone. The Southwest Georgia Project, a community development non-profit, notes that…
Soil Health Takes Main Stage at California State Board of Food and Agriculture Meeting on Oct. 7th
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will give soil health the main stage at its meeting on Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 in Sacramento. Soil health, the basis of…
Merced County Farm Bureau Hosting the 3rd Annual FARM2U Day
The Merced County Farm Bureau will be hosting the 3rd Annual FARM2U Day at the Merced County Fairgrounds on Thursday, October 9, 2014. From 8:30am-1pm over 3,000 third-grade students from…
Raising the Bar; How Protecting You From Pesticides Has Changed
…and applicators so they don’t allow pesticides to harm people or the environment. As a teacher and communicator, their job as commissioner has changed. The good old days of managing…
Nation’s Ag Co-ops Set Record for Annual Sales and Income
…by almost 33 percent, to $1.2 billion, up from $900 million in 2012. U.S. farm numbers remained about the same in 2013 as in 2012, with USDA counting 2.1 million…
All of Tulare County Added to Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine
…diseased tree will decline in health until it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles…
USDA Announces 2014-Crop Sugar Loan Rates and FY 2015 Sugar Program Provisions
…reflect marketing cost differentials. The Commodity Credit Corporation also announced sugar program provisions of the fiscal year (FY) 2015 domestic sugar program. USDA’s Sugar Loan Program provides price support loans…