Several Resource Conservation Districts (RCD) are offering free or low-cost irrigation tests to let a grower know how or where they can improve their system. Almond Board of California’s Senior…
Disaster Recovery Bill on Hold Until Government Shutdown Is Resolved
…that program for ’18, with additional funding as well as a few modifications to the program to try to make it more responsive to the needs of producers that suffered…
USDA to Reopen All FSA Offices – Extends MFP Payment Deadline to Feb. 14
…Program payments. The original deadline was January 15 and was later extended to match the days the government was shut down. The new official deadline is now February 14. For…
FSA Services Expanded During Ongoing Government Shutdown
…receiving all backpay that has been missed due to the lapse in funding. Additionally, the deadline for Market Facilitation Program applications has officially been extended to February 14. Secretary Perdue…
Growing Challenges to Obtaining Enough Organic Seed
…that will fit our program in the volumes that we need as organic seed…that’s one of the main hot points in the national program right now is the organic seed…
HLB Detections Increased in 2018 as Monitoring Efforts Intensify
…2018, the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program (CPDPP) redoubled efforts to limit the spread of HLB and its vector Asian citrus psyllid…
Severe Weather, Snow, Mudslides in Recent CA Storm
The National Resource Conservation Service produced a report with data collected by the National Water and Climate Center’s weekly report. The report showed California was drenched by a storm that…
Little NOW Damage in Pistachios Never Happens Twice
Navel Orangeworm Courtesy: UC ANR Letting up on your navel orangeworm management program in pistachios based on your last season experience isn’t a good idea. NOW damage and management was, of…
California Lawmakers Introduce New Immigration Legislation for Ag Workers
…Panetta, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren introduced the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 (H.R. 641) on January 17. The bill would allow immigrant farm workers who have worked at least…
Narrowing Down Potential Vectors for Grapevine Red Blotch
…as well as the U.S. “We know so much about the leafroll vectors and that allows us to develop a control program. We know so little about the movement or…
Taking Your Canning Garden to the Next Level
…as simple as sketching out an outline on a piece of paper or using a software program. The next step is to calculate how much space you have for planting….
FSA Offices Reopen for Three Days While Government Shutdown Continues
…will also not be counted against the number of days for the Market Facilitation Program application deadline extension that was previously announced by Secretary Perdue. Information on the FSA offices…
How Ag is Affected by Governor Newsom’s Budget
…Program, and $25 million dollars for dairy digester and alternative manure management projects. The proposal also requests funding to restart CDFA’s noxious weed management program and for the construction of…
Checkoff-Funded Beef Quality Assurance Program’s Online Certification Option Reaches Major Milestone
…estimated 80 percent of the U.S. fed beef supply now touched by BQA-certified operations. The beef checkoff-funded BQA program is a nationally coordinated, state implemented program that provides systematic…