…evaluate grant applications for the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) and the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP). Local food grants strengthen America’s rural communities by supporting direct…
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…general manager of the Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, who moderated the session, said, “(SGMA) is the hot topic of this meeting and is what everybody’s struggling…
GIPSA Rule Comment Period Extended
…could lead to further vertical integration of our industry and drive packers to own more of their own hogs. “That would reduce competition, stifle innovation and provide no benefits to…
State Agriculture Leaders Call Food Safety a Farm Bill Priority
…Grant Program and the Market Access Program. The group also wants robust funding for research, new tools for animal disease coordination and investments in voluntary conservation programs. NASDA represents the…
ARS Genetics Researcher Named Fairchild Medal Recipient
…Hawaii and is dedicated to tropical plant conservation, research and education. It is honoring Meerow, a geneticist at the ARS Subtropical Horticulture Research Station‘s National Germplasm Repository in Miami, for…
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 11 grants totaling $3 million for Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) projects focused on…
Snow Survey Shows Big Gains
…will fall as rain, not snow stored in the Sierra Nevada and other mountains. To help prepare for these ever-wider extremes, Californians should be making conservation a way of life….
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
…don’t always have enough food; helping support student researchers such as the students who serve as UC Global Food Initiative. fellows; and facilitating — including through small grants — faculty…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…Evans (PA-2) Open Conservation and Forestry Jurisdiction: Policies and statutes relating to resource conservation, forestry, and all forests under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Agriculture. Rep. Trent Kelly (MS-1)…
NRCS California Offers Post-Flood Assistance
Assessments Underway In the wake of recent California flooding, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California is meeting with landowners and other agencies to assess damages and offer…
Fish and Wildlife Proceeds with Action Despite Directive
…of Fish and Wildlife agencies. That information will be critical to ongoing conservation efforts. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Tracy Brunner says the move denies stakeholders the chance to weigh…
Smart Phone App Balances Conservation and Production
…helping farmers and land managers balance productivity with conservation. Known as the “Land-Potential Knowledge System” (LandPKS), the suite of apps identifies and delivers information about specific soils to anyone with…
Western View: Ag Secretary Perdue is a Good Choice
…Perdue held a prayer vigil at the state capitol to pray for rain. Georgia was in severe drought then, and he was signing into law some water conservation measures. Several…
Trump Freezes EPA Grants and Communications
The Donald Trump administration has ordered a freeze on grants and contracts from the Environmental Protection Agency and ordered EPA staff to halt external communications. A memo to EPA staff…