…survey in order to fine-tune the estimate and better predict the harvest flow to market. Pre-season estimates for 2016 indicate a crop volume of approximately 392 million pounds. The survey…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…increasing for food produced locally or regionally,” said Dolcini. “Portable handling and storage equipment is vital to helping farmers get their products to market more quickly and better maintain product…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…almond orchards for groundwater recharge. In fact, preliminary analysis of almond acreage indicates that nearly 675,000 acres are moderately good or better in their ability to recharge groundwater. “This research…
National Grasslands
…builders pushed back the last frontier. The Homestead Act of 1862 brought almost six million settlers who replaced grass with crops more beneficial to their economic aspirations. Prolonged drought, bitter…
It’s Not Just Climate Change
…to determine wildfire risks,” he said. The paper, “Incorporating Anthropogenic Influences into Fire Probability Models: Effects of Human Activity and Climate Change on Fire Activity in California,” published in PLOS…
Meals for Kids
…Kids Act, championed by the First Lady and signed by President Obama, USDA made the first major changes in the CACFP meals and snacks since the Program’s inception in 1968,…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…selected as part of this effort share USDA’s priority of helping more Americans build successful farms and ranches.” Dolcini FSA, which solicited applications last fall, received nearly 100 proposals that…
Bison Our National Mammal
American Icon: Congress Passes Bill to Make Bison Our National Mammal The Vote Bison Coalition is proud to celebrate the House and Senate passage of the National Bison Legacy Act,…
Tree Removal Program Aids Fight Against ACP
…program (ACT) is a new collaboration between Bayer and California Citrus Mutual (CCM). Abandoned groves have been an issue in the southern part of the state as some growers have…
Rice Paddies Fueling Electric Vehicles
…the nanoparticles maintain contact with each other during battery cycling while still having space to expand. This combination of traits allows the anode to maintain its energy storage capacity without…
Agri View: Farming Times
…and ranching did better than many other parts of the economy. It was a welcome rebound for farmers and ranchers, who have worked through a lot of tough times. Those…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…to build on the increased awareness that we have right now and really go around the country and go to communities where there is a reasonable possibility of this kind…
Farm Camp
…the morning activities at this camp. The afternoons get better; playing games, making ice cream from goat milk, and creating “recycled” art. Northeast: Hawthorne Valley Farm – Upstate NY –…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…such incentive programs comes through the Environmental Farming Act of 1995. The Act mandates that the Department establish and oversee an Environmental Farming Program to provide incentives to farmers whose…