USDA Announces Additional Support for Small and Midsized Farmers and Ranchers

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…an Interagency Working Group to improve coordination of programs and services between federal agencies and national and local cooperatives through the RCDG program. USDA Certification for Small and Very Small…

Stinkwort Becoming a Growing Problem

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University of California Cooperative Extension Advisors are warning growers to keep an eye out for the invasive weed called stinkwort. Researchers thought when this new weed showed up that it…

Pork Checkoff Updates Youth PQA Plus® Program

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The Pork Checkoff has updated it’s Youth PQA Plus® program. The National Pork Board Vice President of Producer and Industry Relations, Bill Winkelman, says this program gives young producers information…

Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions

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…called on all Californians to redouble their efforts to conserve water. “The driest months are still to come in California and extreme drought conditions will get worse,” said Governor Brown….

Additional Public Meeting Scheduled to Discuss CDFA’s New Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program

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…South Laspina Street Tulare, CA 93274 More information about this program, including a conceptual framework of the grant program, will be available at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/H2O_EandE.html Program implementation will begin on or…

Drought Brings New Attention to Groundwater

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…Planning and Conservation League and the California Water Foundation. The California Water Foundation proposal suggested management approaches that include defining sustainable groundwater management, developing a program that covers all sub-basins,…