…increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email…
WAPA Urges Funding for Biomass Plants
In the wake of the shutdown of numerous biomass plants throughout the state, the Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA) sent a letter to the California State Senate and Assembly Budget…
Cuba Wants Credit to Increase Food Production
…Massey Ferguson farm equipment that were imported before the 1959 revolution. Financing exports to Cuba, even of agricultural products, is prohibited under the 2000 law that allowed agricultural exports. …
Assembly Approves Gray’s State Fairs Funding Bill
…place for the community stage agricultural, educational, and charitable events. They are far too valuable for our state to continue to ignore their struggles.” AB 2678 now heads to the…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…is the leading agricultural supplier to Japan. Imports from the United States ($13.8 billion, including shipping costs) represent almost one-fourth of Japan’s total agricultural imports. ASEAN, China and the EU-27…
Create Apps for Agriculture
…consultants and others in the agricultural industry are encouraged to participate in the hackathon, which will be held at the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources building at 2801 Second Street…
Regional ACP Change Unfavorable to Some
…The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is attempting to change that by requesting a regional approach once that happens. Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner Marylin Kinoshita says some growers…
Agri View: Better Times?
…year, and estimates for 2016 will be updated next week at the agency’s annual outlook conference. The report assumes steady world growth after the current slowdown ends, with demand for…
Licensing, Certification and Continuing Education Renewal
…renewed in early December so that you can register with the County Agricultural Commissioner office prior to the New Year, please submit your application before October. Note that processing time…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…benefit consumers with food security in the face of climate change and the loss of agricultural land.” Established by the 2008 Farm Bill and re-authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill,…
National Dairy Month
…Flow for National Dairy Month! by Dana Coale, Deputy Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Dairy Program June is an eventful and versatile month—the start of warm summer days, school…
USDA Launches Ag Resource Management Survey
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is beginning to collect data from more than 100,000 farmers and ranchers for the annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey. The survey looks at all aspects…
Analysis of California WaterFix Potential Effects
…U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, public water agencies, federal and state fishery agencies, non-governmental organizations, agricultural interests and the public. It is the State’s plan to more efficiently and in a…
California Farmers Count Every Drop
California Farmers Count Every Drop with Efficient Irrigation Technologies by Andrew McElrone, CA Sub Hub Acting Director / Research Plant Physiologist, Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research…