…practices to help promote more widespread adoption throughout California. “Soil health is key to agricultural productivity and food security, and capturing atmospheric carbon and storing it in the soil is…
California Cotton Outlook: “We’re Holding Out Hope”
The California cotton outlook has not been a positive one for 2020 but there is still optimism within the industry that assistance will be coming. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected…
HEALS Act Proposes $20 Million in Coronavirus Relief
…$20 billion for the agricultural sector. While multiple agricultural groups have expressed support for the legislation, there have also been some concerns raised about how the bill would allocate funding….
Week in Review: What to Do with Mystery Seeds and Newsom’s Plan for Ag Worker Safety
…Gavin Newsom announced a new plan designed to provide added safety for agricultural workers. The National Environmental Policy Act also got its first major revision in 40 years, which should…
New Competitive Grant Opportunities Being Made Available
…retain promising new scientists to agricultural research. AFRI will also continue to make Strengthening Grants available to researchers from small and mid-sized or minority-serving educational institutions. USDA-NIFA leaders are hopeful…
Former Goat Herder’s Crop Research Promotes Prosperity for Imperial Valley Farmers
…different crops and animals are commercially produced in California. The wide array of agricultural products keep California farmers competitive in the global market. UC Cooperative Extension research into new crops…
USDA Launches New Website Features to Help Farmers Hire Workers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced new website features to assist with the hiring of agricultural workers. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue recently unveiled new features of the Farmers.gov…
Farmers to Families Food Box Program Reaches 50 Million Boxes Delivered
…to the number of food boxes verified as delivered will continue to be displayed on the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) website, with breakdowns by performance period on the Farmers…
Unsolicited Seeds from China Likely to be Online Scam
…Supervising Agricultural Biologist. Gatza also noted that it’s important to get the unsolicited seeds to the proper authorities, “that way we can remove them out of the chain of commerce…
Additional Coronavirus Relief Critical to Farm Businesses
…by providing support for agricultural producers, growers, and processors impacted by coronavirus, including producers, growers, and processors of specialty crops, non-specialty crops, dairy, livestock and poultry, including livestock and poultry…
The Western View: Mystery Packets From China Causing a Stir in US
…from a foreign country amounts to agricultural smuggling. Anyone who gets a package of seeds from China should notify their County Ag Commissioner or state agriculture department. You should…
Mystery Seeds from China Arriving in California
…unsolicited seed packets that may be received and to contact their local county agricultural commissioner’s office. In a news release pertaining to the unsolicited packages of seeds USDA indicated that…
Industry Input Needed for Agronomic Survey to Assist UCCE
The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) is conducting an online agronomic survey to help gain a better understanding of the needs and challenges of agricultural production. The questionnaire is…
Newsom Announces New Housing for Ag Workers During COVID
…for the Harvest, will provide “temporary isolation spaces for agricultural and farmworkers who test positive or were exposed to the virus, which limits the risk of spreading COVID-19 to their…