…Farm Bureau’s application for assistance with irrigation efficiency was awarded $400,000 from the Bay Delta Initiative. Most of the valley’s portion of Kern County is located within the BDI focus…
28th Small Farm Conference in San Diego
…Taylor Hillman talked with USDA’s Business & Cooperative Program Director, and California Small Farm Conference President, Karen Rich-Firestein about what the conference offers, what the goal of their organization is…
California Ag Day, National Agriculture Week Just Around the Corner
…for the 2015 event is “California Agriculture: Breaking new Ground.” A focus will be the importance of soil health to our food supply and all of agriculture. Ag Day is…
Special Training for Safe Food
…budget – fast – casual. But food safety is probably the farthest thing on your mind. And – the people who are handling your meal. Special Training for Safe Food…
Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Grower Alert
…the program is exploring all available options to treat as much of the population as possible. The program has identified a total of 54,974 acres to be treated so far….
Team Nutrition Grants Program
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack describes the funds being awarded under the Team Nutrition grants program. Team Nutrition Grants Program…
USDA’s Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program
Cathy Isom tells us about the program helping new Veterinarians get out of debt faster. Student Loan Repayment Program…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review March 6
…this edition of USDA Week In Review, healthy eating at schools, organic egg farming, and food prices rising a bit. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fsa.usda.gov www.fns.usda.gov www.ers.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
Grocery Price Forecast for 2015
Last year, we saw our food prices rise – in This Land of Ours – by about 2-percent overall. Will we pay more at the Grocery Store this year? Cathy…
Beet Curly Top Virus (CTV) Update
…the end of February, BLH activity increased, more nymphs began to emerge, and counts increased and were more consistent. The weather was closely monitored throughout February and the Program’s spring…
USDA Awards Grants to Support Schools Serving Healthier Meals and Snacks
…USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service administers America’s nutrition assistance programs including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service…
USDA Video: USDA’s Summer Feeding Efforts
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says partners are needed to increase the number of meals in USDA’s Summer Feeding program, during this 40th year of the program….
Area-Wide Management of Asian Citrus Psyllid
The Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program has launched a new educational video for California citrus growers. The video details the area-wide management treatment strategy for combating the Asian citrus…
Sending farmers to Mars
…there will be geologists, astronomers, chemists and engineers, but the first job for each and every one of them will be farmer. They will need to grow their own food…