…in Washington, Oregon and his home-state of California. The focus of his trip was the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and climate change. Dolcini visited four Washington State USDA Service Centers…
Signup for Cotton Producers Starts June 20
…ginning costs and to facilitate marketing. The program will provide, on average, approximately 60 percent more assistance per farm and per producer than the 2014 program that provided cotton transition…
Almond Board: Nominate Someone for the Leopold Conservation Award
…award. Almond Update- Leopold Conservation Award More from the Sand County Foundation The Leopold Conservation Award Program recognizes agricultural landowners actively committed to a land ethic. Working with prominent state…
Overview of New Strawberry Insurance Program
…the new strawberry insurance program. The program is based on the grower’s own revenue history and protects growers against losses from low yield, low price, or any combination of these…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants increase their purchases of fruits and vegetables. The funding comes from the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill…
A Better Way to Fight Poverty
…it’s just an endless cycle. What we have seen in our review of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is community partners are critical to successful upward mobility by working…
Protecting California Citrus With Natural Enemies
…classical biological control program to reduce ACPs in the state’s urban areas. They have imported from Punjab, Pakistan two natural enemies of ACP, which attack different developmental stages of immature…
Bat Population Decline
…science-based best management practices for achieving conservation and recovery goals for bats. 4. Foster cooperation and collaboration among government agencies, non-government organizations, and landowners. WNS is currently in 28 states…
2016 GEELA Awards
Nominations being accepted for 2016 GEELA Awards by CDFA Office of Public Affairs The Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) is California’s highest environmental honor. The program recognizes individuals,…
Licensing, Certification and Continuing Education Renewal
…Certification Program, please visit our program’s web page: http://cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/liccert.htm Department of Pesticide Regulation Pest Management & Licensing Continuing Education Program 1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015 Sacramento, CA 95812 LicenseMail@cdpr.ca.gov…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…AFRI is the nation’s premier competitive, peer-reviewed grants program for fundamental and applied agricultural sciences. In the seven years since AFRI was established, the program has led to true innovations…
National Dairy Month
…Flow for National Dairy Month! by Dana Coale, Deputy Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Dairy Program June is an eventful and versatile month—the start of warm summer days, school…
USDA Streamlining Crop Reporting
…the information collected from USDA program participants. Producers must still visit both locations to validate and sign acreage reports, complete maps or provide program-specific information. The common data from the…
Analysis of California WaterFix Potential Effects
…recycling, additional conservation, increased storage and improved groundwater management. California WaterFix would reduce the “reverse” flows in south Delta channels that pose risks to threatened and endangered fish species. It…