Last week the Bureau of Reclamation issued the updated allocations for Central Valley Project (CVP) South-of-Delta contractors for the 2019 contract year. South-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors will now be…
EU Trade Negotiations Progress Despite Reluctance to Include Agriculture
…EU has significant protective tariffs on most agricultural products, so trying to get fair access to this market is huge and assuredly needs to be part of any FTA that’s…
Farm Groups Ask President, Congress for Disaster Relief
…2019 with challenging market prices and destructive weather conditions,” the groups wrote. “Historic hurricanes Florence and Michael, along with unprecedented wildfires, droughts, flooding and other natural disasters, devastated agricultural regions…
US Wins Another Dispute Over Chinese Trade Practices
…opportunities for U.S. grains and other agricultural products.” The panel found that China’s TRQ administration was not transparent, predictable, or fair, and ultimately inhibits TRQs from filling. China’s grain TRQs…
Weak Honey Bee Colonies May Fail From Cold Exposure During Shipping
…scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact. Source: USDA/Agricultural Research Service…
Western View: Diamonds Found in California?
…www.citrusindustry.net. About the Author Len Wilcox Len Wilcox is a retired scientist who also ran a newspaper and has written for agricultural publications since the 1980s. He was a regular…
Exploring the Complexity of Seed Development
…breeding today in plants and animals; the importance of people understanding that breeding evolves because research evolves, science evolves,” said LaVigne. “We want to make that the forum for people…
State Trade Expansion Program Deadline Approaches
…including food and agricultural products. Award recipients of the STEP program will be required to contribute a cost share equal to 35 percent of the total project. Funding requests will…
Investment in Sterile Navel Orangeworm Project Keeps Rearing Facility Open
…on the almond production side,” said Josette Lewis, Director of Agricultural Affairs at ABC. “The research that we’re funding right now is really to test out the viability of this…
NRCS Invites Proposals for 2019 Conservation Innovation Grants
…adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production. The proposed projects should augment existing NRCS technical tools (planning, assessment and/or delivery) to better facilitate conservation on…
Conservation Stewardship Program Applications Due by May 10
…of productive agricultural and forest land enrolled.” Other changes to the program include increased payment rates for certain conservation activities, such as cover crops and resource-conserving crop rotations. The program…
Follow the Basic Steps for Stewardship of Treated Seed
…Stewardship is a partnership between ASTA and CropLife America, with support from: Agricultural Retailers Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, National…
USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…7, 2019, FSA implemented a change to allow agricultural producers to receive both a $50,000 Direct Operating Microloan and a $50,000 Direct Farm Ownership Microloan. Previously, agricultural producers were limited…
2017 Census of Agriculture Data Now Available
…who operate them, including new data about on-farm decision making, down to the county level. Information collected by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) directly from farmers and ranchers tells…