News Release from USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that more than $4 million in technical and financial assistance will be provided to help farmers and…
USDA Extends Dairy Margin Protection Program Deadlines
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking at the National Milk Producers Federation annual meeting, today announced extended deadlines for the dairy Margin Protection Program. Farmers now have until Dec. 5, 2014,…
California Rough Rice Stocks Up 158 Percent from October 2013
California rough rice stocks in all positions on October 1, 2014 totaled 7.54 million hundredweight (cwt), up 158 percent from the total on October 1, 2013 of 2.93 million cwt….
State and Federal Officials to Discuss Drought and Groundwater Management for 2015
…California Water Action Plan. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 ‘N’ Street…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in San Joaquin County
…becomes infected, the diseased tree will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a…
AgNeTVideo: Danielle Veenstra on Honey Bee Management Practices
Danielle Veenstra with the Almond Board of California discusses Best Management Practices for honey bees during pollination….
AgNeTVideo: Ag in the Classroom
Stephanie Etcheverria with the California Foundation for Ag in the Classroom tells us about the foundation and how teachers and others can help students learn about agriculture….
AgNeTVideo: Dave Downing of ADAMA Talks About Voxien
Dave Downing, Brand leader for ADAMA, discusses Voxien Formulation of products available to California producers….
Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss CDFA’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is developing a new program, the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program, authorized by the Budget Act of 2014 (Chapter 25, Statutes…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review October 24
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, celebrating WIC’s 40th anniversary, helping pollinators…
Secretary Ross Joins Ag in the Classroom “Teach the Teachers’ Event
…Classroom Conference earlier this month to learn about agriculture and connecting Common Core to California crops. The conference, hosted by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (CFAITC), was…
Irrigation Trial Covered at Nut Conference
A current almond orchard water trial in several areas of California focuses on deficit irrigation. Irrigation Trial Covered at Nut Conference Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Blake Sanden says the trial…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Santa Clara County
…fruit until it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County. This plant disease does…
School Lunches: “California Thursdays” Project Launch Follows Success of National School Lunch Week
…today (October 23) with “California Thursdays,” a partnership at schools throughout the state seeking to serve more healthy, freshly prepared, California-grown fruits and vegetables in cafeterias. The project is a…