A study by the World Wildlife Fund UK claims the land required to feed food-producing animals is destroying the earth’s biodiversity. The World Wildlife Fund UK recently released its report,…
Agri View: Family Food Security
Everett Griner talks about food security problems created for families in today’s Agri View. Family Food Security…
More HLB Discoveries in Southern California
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced another 33 discoveries of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease have been made in the Los Angeles area last week. Part of that total…
NRCS Sends Team to Aid Puerto Rico
…best method to implement NRCS conservation programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentive Program and Emergency Watershed Protection Program. “Our goal is, first and foremost, identify what we call exigency…
Food Price Index Increases
Global food prices made a mild move upward last month, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The monthly FAO Food Price Index averaged 178.4 points…
California Benefits from Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…along with assistance in meeting new labor regulations was provided. Some projects were also designed to help attract skilled and unskilled workers to farming operations. The California Department of Food…
Avocado Industry Gets Pest Update at Recent Meeting
…to develop a strategy to avoid developing resistance to those products. Research Program Director at the California Avocado Commission Tim Spann gave a presentation on Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and Laurel…
Medfly Quarantine Affects Solano Farms
…in the Los Angeles Basin prompted CDFA to inaugurate a Mediterranean Fruit Fly Preventive Release Program in 1996. The program conducts ongoing releases of sterile male Medflies in portions of…
RFA Thanks 38 Senators for Leadership
…RFS. Allowing exported biofuels to count toward a domestic energy program runs afoul of the law, undermines market growth in E15 and higher blends, and would quite likely prompt other…
Almond Board: Almond Leadership Program
…2018 Almond Leadership Program are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 8, 2017. Program requirements can be viewed here. For questions or to submit your application, email Jenny Nicolau….
Grow Your Own Mushrooms
Cathy Isom lets us know how mushrooms are an easy, vitamin-packed food you can grow at home. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Grow Your Own Mushrooms One…
U.S. Ag Groups Want Intervention of GI Review
Farm and food groups want the Trump Administration to address a trade consideration between Mexico and Japan regarding geographical indications. Japan and Mexico are considering giving exclusive status to various…
USDA Invests in 48 Projects in Local Watersheds
…the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works with local groups to help prevent floods, protect watersheds, improve agricultural water management and enhance wildlife…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…Conservation Reserve (CRP) programs. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing approximately $8 billion in payments under the ARC and PLC programs for the 2016 crop year, and…