…(USDA) will provide a new financing option to help farmers purchase portable storage and handling equipment. Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Elanor…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
As California Almond Acreage Grows, Trees Bring Benefits to Agriculture, Environment and Community From the Almond Board of California: The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that California’s almond acreage…
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…Agriculture Cooperating with the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Regional Office California’s 2015 almond acreage is estimated at 1,110,000 acres, up 6 percent from the 2014 revised acreage of…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…that provide financial, disaster or technical support. Nearly $2.5 million will go to nonprofits, associations, universities, and foundations that will provide training and information on agricultural best practices, local networking…
Bison Our National Mammal
…as an important part of the American environment, diet, and an emerging part of the agricultural economy.” Keith Aune, WCS Senior Conservationist and Bison Program Coordinator, said: “Finally we are…
Rice Paddies Fueling Electric Vehicles
…waste product of this ubiquitous agricultural crop. Silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries can store 10 times more capacity than graphite anodes, the material most commonly used in today’s batteries. However,…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…problem is being felt most acutely in the West, where drought conditions and increased water use have helped turn lush agricultural areas to dust. But dangers also lurk underground, in…
Agri View: Robot Tractors and Agriculture
…new world of driverless cars, driverless tractors and other agricultural robots will, in the not too distant future, harvest the food we put on our kitchen tables. In fact, agricultural…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…our farmers and ranchers to accelerate the adoption of scientifically proven technologies and practices that make our state’s agricultural community more sustainable.” Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and…
Dairy Groups Thank Senators
Dairy Groups Thank Senators for Urging Action on Agricultural Issues in Trade Agreement with Europe The dairy industry today praised a bipartisan group of 26 senators for urging U.S. negotiators…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…Ministry of Industry and Trade, among others, to discuss the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Vietnam remains one of the fastest-growing markets for U.S. food and agricultural products,…
Cargo Theft Task Force One Step Closer
A statewide agricultural cargo theft task force is one step closer to being formed as nut thefts continue to be a problem throughout the producing areas of California. Western Agricultural…
Smithsonian – “Ask a Farmer”
…work. This program relates to agricultural artifacts and stories in the museum’s exhibition American Enterprise on the first floor of the museum. Schedule Ask a Farmer is held biweekly on…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…Last year’s (2015) 20 percent SWP allocation was the second lowest since 1991, when agricultural customers of the SWP got a zero allocation and municipal customers received 30 percent of…