…the FARM Program, with the support of two new staff members who will assume day-to-day management of the program and report to Meredith in her new role. The new hires…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…were mailed to all producers on record in April. The deadline for completing the survey is tomorrow, April 30, 2016. If you need assistance estimating your avocado crop, visit CAC’s…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…Starmer announced changes to the Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program today during a local and regional food roundtable in Columbus, Ohio. The loans, which now include a smaller microloan…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…local communities and the environment, ABC’s Accelerated Innovation Management (AIM) program has increased focus on the development and deployment of innovative almond farming practices. Together with ABC’s traditional research programs…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
…of the farm economy from the perspective of the subcommittee. Members heard from witnesses who provided insight into different programs and policies impacting farm efficiency, productivity, and profitability. “The cost…
Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…market, food stands, food hubs Farms, ranches, greenhouses, managed forests, aquaponics, cut flowers, herbs, honey, landscape plants Farm-to-table businesses Support services, including scouting, equipment repair, fertilizer sales Value-added processing, including…
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
The 2015 California Almond Acreage Report showed a six percent increase over 2014 and forecasts a large number of bearing acres for 2016. From the California Department of Food and…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
Integrating the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts by Jonathan Male, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office Non-food biomass such as the crop residue (the leftover material from crops like stalks, leaves, and…
Benefits of SWEEP Program
…an encore presentation of the Growing California video, “Strawberry Fields…Forever,” a look at a grower utilizing SWEEP as well assistance from CDFA’s Fertilizer Research Education Program (FREP). Sakakihara Farms, strawberry…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
USDA Offers New Resource to Help Food Hubs Improve Financial Performance Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers announced a new resource to help food hubs improve their financial performance. Food…
Meals for Kids
…Food and Nutrition Service Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks Centers and day care homes offering meals through the Child and Adult…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…from 30 to 90 eggs per year.(4) Image courtesy of Food Network. Due to these figures, the potential for the ostrich market is enormous, in that the meat tastes similar…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA) announced cooperative agreements with 55 partners to educate farmers and other producers that have been underserved by USDA programs historically about Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs…
Dairy: Focus on Defending Common Names Rights
…are taking the form of GI restrictions that risk preventing food companies in many countries from using generic names that have been in commerce for generations. Decades after parmesan, feta…