…Sautter, Tiro, Ohio; Chuck R. Coffey, Springer, Okla.; Jean Lam, Pauls Valley, Okla.; Katharine Jackson, Myrtle Creek; Ore.; Jana L. Malot, Harrisonville, Pa.; Cory Eich, Canova, S.D.; Paul Moss, Cottage…
USDA Invests in Innovative Conservation Partnerships
…$10 million in the Black Rascal Creek Project, which is proposed by the partnership of Merced County, Merced Irrigation District, and City of Merced. The project will provide flood protection…
Improving Water Quality in High-Priority Watersheds
…watersheds in Texas contributed to positive results and improving trends in water quality in Chambers Creek. With continued conservation efforts, Chambers Creek will not be added to the State’s Clean…
The Western View: Escaping to Morro Bay
…sailors gave it its name – Morro is Spanish for nose. It was a popular area even before the Spanish came; the Chumash Indians built a settlement alongside the creek…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…Program personnel monitored the areas mapped as “potential fall treatment” for BLH populations and fall host plants in Firebaugh, Mendota, Huron, Five Points, Three Rocks, Cantua Creek, and Coalinga. Additional…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…use, and reduce pollutants. Whole Trees, LLC, developed a new market in construction for small-diameter round timber, a natural waste product of well-managed forests. Stony Creek Colors used a SBIR…
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…Santa Clara Valley Water District is a key partner for the design and realignment of Calabazas and San Tomás Aquino Creeks, which will reconnect watersheds to the baylands and reduce…
USDA Issues Sour Egg Board Report
…an Agricultural Marketing Service review after Egg Board emails became public. Politico reports the emails appeared to show a coordinated campaign against San Francisco-based Hampton Creek and its egg-less mayo….
Aged Cows Top the International Guernsey Show
…Fall Yearling Heifer (not in milk): Milk Jugs Spider Cutie Pie, Alexis Williams, Mabel, Minn. Adams Creek Maxim Nilla, Alyssa & Kate Nuttleman, Bangor, Wis. Junior Champion Female: Adams Creek…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…power plant owned by Hat Creek Construction. The company said it plans to acquire a contract under a mandate established under a 2012 law that requires electric corporations to procure…
Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Report
…vegetation and fallow fields for BLH populations and fall host plants in Firebaugh, Mendota, Huron, Five Points, Three Rocks, Cantua Creek, and Coalinga. Fallow fields were identified and mapped from…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…Packing in Finley is now the only one packing for the fresh market, after Adobe Creek in Kelseyville closed its packing facility last year. Availability of harvest employees continues to…
Wal-Mart donated $1 Million for Conservation Efforts by Rice Farmers
…and C.B. Pennington Foundation, RiceTec, BASF, American Rice, Inc. – Riviana Foods, Inc., Wells Fargo, Farmers Rice Milling Company, Horizon Ag, Turner’s Creek & Bombay Hook Farms and MacDon Industries….
NIFA Announces Funding
…waste product of well-managed forests; and research by Stony Creek Colors (USDA Blog) that developed indigo as a substitute cash crop that can be grown by tobacco farmers to produce…