…California Environmental Protection Agency and CDFA released the California Water Action Plan, which will guide state efforts to enhance water supply reliability, restore damaged and destroyed ecosystems and improve the…
“Voices from the Land” Conservation in American Agriculture Briefing Highlights Environmental Award Winners
…in agriculture. The Agricultural Act of 2014 will provide our communities with additional support to attract new economic opportunity and create jobs. We all agreed that outreach and education is…
Pollinators Crucial to Agriculture
…and Flower Seed Conference hosted by the American Seed Trade Association, (ASTA). Lori says the group is focused on real science to find answers to pollinator problems. You can hear…
Costa Introduces Drought Relief Legislation
…· Authorizes water planning and management activities to reduce water use in the Klamath Basin; · Extends the period during which water contractors can take deliveries of 2013 water from…
Statement of Westlands Water District on California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014
Westlands Water District FRESNO, CA – Westlands Water District is encouraged with the introduction by Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Barbara Boxer of the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of…
Monteiro Lakeside Dairy – Innovation in Progress
…this family business. AgNet West’s hats are off to these two innovative brothers, and to the AGCO crew and SPG solar representatives for their part of the tour plan too….
Aquaponics Curriculum Teaches New Fish Farming Techniques to Ag Students
…and fish development with different plant media, fish food, or types of plants grown. “Aquaponics makes sense,” according to Young, “the fish waste is a rich resource for the plants,…
Lucas: Agricultural Act of 2014 Marks a New Era for Farm & Food Policy
…and related silvicultural activities should not be treated as a point source under the Clean Water Act. Creates a permanent subcommittee within the EPA Science Advisory Board to conduct peer…
President Obama Signs Farm Bill
As expected President Obama has signed the Agriculture Act of 2014 into law, finally putting an end to the over two year farm bill drama and giving our farmers and…
CalASFMRA Enters 2014 with New Logo, New Officers and New Direction
…the second largest chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) and under its new brand, CalASFMRA – Western Ag Professionals, has nearly 300 members in…
NRCS and Forest Service Partner to Improve Forest Health
…is part of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan to responsibly cut carbon pollution, slow the effects of climate change and put America on track to a cleaner environment. The…
House of Representatives Passes California Water Bill
…the bipartisan Bay-Delta Accord. It also reforms onerous federal laws – such as the Central Valley Project Improvement Act and the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act – that have…
Plan Already in Place for Implementing the 2014 Farm Bill
Farmers and ranchers are only one step away from having a new comprehensive farm bill and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA has already worked out a plan to prioritize…
Statement by Secretary Vilsack on Passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2014—Secretary Vilsack made the following statement on passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014: “Today’s action will allow the proud men and women who feed millions around…