…our decades-long programs that offer more than $700 million per year for modern broadband e-Connectivity in rural communities. In the coming months, USDA will almost double these longstanding programs with…
Senator Sanders Wants Big Companies to Pay for SNAP
…cover the costs of food stamps, public housing and Medicaid, among other federal assistance program received by their employees. The Senator specifically mentioned companies such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonalds….
Food Safety Professionals Ensure that “What’s in Your Meat” is Safe and Wholesome
…highlights as a failure of the sampling program. However, FSIS’ program is designed to identify positives to prevent the meat from going to your grocery store. This means the program…
USDA Announces Trade Relief Details
…by trade fluctuation. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will dispense those commodities through various nutrition assistance programs such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program and child nutrition programs. FAS…
Almond Update: Free Irrigation Audits Available
Several Resource Conservation Districts’s around the state are teaming up with various groups to offer free irrigation audits for growers. The Almond Board of California is partnering with several groups…
Farm Bill Conference Meeting Date Set
…day after lawmakers return from the Labor Day Recess. Roberts also says committee staff members have made progress on the differences in the two bills on conservation, but not on…
NRCS Lending Assistance with Wildfire Recovery
The USDA ‘s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering its assistance in the wildfire recovery efforts underway in multiple areas of California. While firefighters are making significant headway in…
Agri View: 2018 Farm Bill Near Completion?
…needs to keep farmers going. There are 9 title issues in this new bill al designed to make sure farmers stay in business. Commodities, conservation, trade and nutrition. It also…
Citrus Study Says Regulation Costs to Increase
…in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of California, Davis. The CRB administers the California Citrus Research Program,…
Continued Abuse of Small Refiner Waivers Renders Proposed 2019 RFS Volumes ‘Meaningless,’ RFA Tells EPA
…are administered in a manner that is consistent with the statutory purpose of the program” by accounting for the small refiner waivers prospectively, Dinneen noted. In fact, EPA acknowledged it…
Animal Ag Groups Ask for Permanent Funding for Disease Preparedness
A coalition of animal agriculture stakeholders is seeking permanent funding for disease preparedness programs in the farm bill. In a letter to the farm bill conferee members, who will be…
USDA Forest Service Announces New Strategy for Improving Forest Conditions
…a new report titled Toward Shared Stewardship across Landscapes: An Outcome-based investment Strategy (PDF, 3.7 MB) outlines the USFS’s plans to work more closely with states to identify landscape-scale priorities…
Answer Upcoming NASS Survey; It Impacts Your Bottom Line
…farmers as results of the confidential NASS crop survey play a key role in determining the implementation of farm payments and programs, including the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program (county option),…
Water Works: Moving Toward Better Water Stability
…of available water supplies. Conservation, efficiency, and recycling will each play a role in California’s water stability in the future. The State Water Resources Control Board reported that statewide water…