…a regular schedule, including a healthy eating routine. One easy, inexpensive, and tasty ingredient for overall health and wellness is peanuts. The Peanut Institute says peanuts are a versatile, plant-based…
New Drought Mitigation Funding Announced
New drought mitigation funding opportunities have been announced as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The Department of the Interior has unveiled a new program to help ensure the…
NCC Announces 2023 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
…Cotton Engineering-Systems Conference is planning presentations on data analytics, robotics, remote sensing, and unmanned aerial vehicles, among others. Those planning to attend are encouraged to register via the BWCC home…
Farm and Food Workers Relief Program to be Administered by 15 Organizations
…program is made possible through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. FFWR grant recipients will be making $600 payments to farmworkers and meatpacking workers to offset costs for necessary expenses…
Soil Carbon Monitoring Efforts to Expand with $8 Million Investment
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be enhancing soil carbon monitoring efforts with an $8 million investment. Building on the carbon monitoring network is part of USDA’s overall plan…
California’s 30×30 Conservation Plan Moving Forward
The 30×30 conservation plan dictated by an executive order from Governor Gavin Newsom is beginning to take shape. Initially signed back in 2020, the order commits California to conserve 30…
MSOB: Protein-Based Biocontrol from Unlikely Source
…“We are able to identify these small protein portions to develop the ones that have got a mode of action that will be different from the mode of action that…
Turkeys May Cost More This Thanksgiving
Your Thanksgiving turkey may cost you more this year. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Image by Alvin Wirthlin from Pixabay The American Farm Bureau Federation says turkey…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 10-04-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the introduction of the WATER for California Act, a produce industry economic study…
WATER for California Act Seeks to Establish Better Regulatory Stability
…they contract and pay for. Funding eligibility for the Shasta Enlargement Project would also be provided under the WATER for California Act. The legislation would also reauthorize a critical surface…
AFT Announces Solar Energy Development Partnership
A new partnership for solar energy. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Solar photovoltaic collectors powering a California vineyard American Farmland Trust (AFT) Tuesday announced a partnership with…
Alexis Taylor Advances Through Senate Agriculture Committee
…full team of negotiators on the field to bolster American exports and having Alexis Taylor as Undersecretary of Ag Trade at USDA is essential to doing that. The full Senate…
Week in Review: Responding to New Citrus Disease & Federal Order Helps CA Dairy Producers
…process of a new farm labor stabilization and protection pilot grant program. Agricultural groups have issued support for the CREAATE Act and its purpose to support further development of export…
Ag Industry Disappointed by Newsom’s Signing of Card Check Legislation
…noted California’s history of farmworker activism and the need to carry that forward, highlighting the work of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong, “It is shameful that Governor Newsom…