Courtesy of Ag Alert by the California Farm Bureau Federation Just as milk prices are improving, fierce competition for hay and limited water supplies to grow other feed crops have…
USDA Announces Fiscal Year 2015 Farm to School Grants
…EST – Support Service Grants March 14, 2014, 1:00 EST – Training and Event Funding Track The Farm to School Grant Program is a cornerstone of USDA’s Know Your Farmer,…
EPA Protects Wetlands in Calif. and Ariz. with $1.5 Million in Grants
…tribes in California and Arizona and four California organizations to conduct research designed to prevent and eliminate water pollution. EPA also announces it will begin today accepting applications for the…
AgNeTVideo: California FFA President on Ag Education Funding
California State FFA President Riley Nilsen explains what the governor’s cuts to ag education could mean to FFA groups and schools around the state….
Farm Bill Livestock Disaster Programs on the Way
Some livestock producers suffering loss from natural disaster will be able to sign up for Farm Bill programs soon. Find out what producers need to do to sign up for…
National FFA Week Brings Attention to Ag Education Funding
This is National FFA Week, but the program faces a rocky future here in California. Sabrina Hill talks with Riley Nilsen of Nipomo, who explains what the governor’s cuts to…
Biological Tool in Fight Against Citrus Disease HLB
Researchers in California are using a natural enemy to fight off the Asian citrus psyllid and the citrus disease it can spread, Huanglongbing. Researcher Brian Taylor of the California Citrus…
Video: President Obama Responds to the California Drought
Continuing coverage of President Barack Obama’s visit to the Central Valley President Obama visited Joe Del Bosque’s farm in Merced County to view the damage caused by the California drought….
Drought Assistance for Specialty Crops
…package for California. Hear Ag Secretary Vilsack’s comments about specialty crop assistance. For Secretary Vilsack’s entire one-on-one discussion with Sabrina Hill, CLICK HERE. Watch Agriculture Secretary Vilsack’s comments he made…
Federal Drought Aid Coming to California; Long Term Solution Sought
…migrant farmworker, farm work is how he put himself through college. He’s been a farmer for most of his life. He started by going around to other folks’ land and…
AgNeTVideo: Air Force One Landing in Fresno, With Audio of Obama’s Drought Comments
…the comments on the drought and his climate plan he later delivered at a farm in Merced County. AgNet West was the only agriculture network approved by the White House…
President Obama Speaks on Drought
President Barack Obama Continuing coverage of President Barack Obama’s visit to the Central Valley President Obama visited the farm of Joe and Maria Del Bosque. He spoke about the drought,…
Farm Leader Welcomes National Focus on Drought
…of the California Farm Bureau Federation thanked President Obama for meeting with farmers and stakeholders today in the San Joaquin Valley. “We appreciate the national attention being brought to the…
AgNet West Exclusive Interview with Secretary Vilsack
…Central California to survey some of the damage caused by the drought and announce millions of dollars in additional assistance. He told me he wants California’s farmers and ranchers to…