…Commission of California estimating a smaller crop this year and the state’s investments in drought relief for small farmers. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features,…
More Than $4 Billion in ERP Payments Issued to Producers in First Six Weeks
…suffered losses from wildfire, drought, hurricanes, winter storms, and other natural disasters. Compensation provided in the six weeks since the ERP launched represents approximately 67 percent of the more than…
Keeping Agricultural Interests Prioritized in Sacramento
…have areas that are important to agriculture: money for SGMA compliance, money for conveyance, money for groundwater recharge,” Brown noted. “The $21 billion for climate change, drought, and water resilience…
Drought Affects Nation’s Honeybees
…and former president of the American Beekeeping Federation, Gene Brandi points out, drought means fewer flowers and that means less natural food for the honeybees. “We’re having a drought in…
Problems Continue for Honeybees
…So, we were able to get all of our ‘dead-outs’ filled and queen-right again.” Tomorrow, we’ll hear how drought around the nation is affecting honeybees. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This…
Week in Review: New Shipping Options for Almonds & Land Fallowing Projections Increase
…organizations are calling for a more targeted approach to improving water supply availability. Amidst ongoing drought conditions, development of the Sites Reservoir Project continues to move forward. Subscribe to the…
Optimism for Positive Movement with Sites Reservoir Project
Amidst ongoing drought conditions, development of the Sites Reservoir Project continues to move forward. Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, Mike Wade said it has been a long…
Land Fallowing Could Reach More Than 690,000 Acres Due to Drought
…available water. Overall, California could be looking at a decline in economic activity of approximately $3.5 billion. Drought conditions causing a drop in acreage used for food production will also…
Cattle, Water Industry Reps Gives Insights During First WOTUS Roundtable
…at that, you are perennials and even some intermittents are going to have an impact. Ephemerals have little,” he said. “I was just looking at the drought monitor and there…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 06-03-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the agenda for an upcoming state ag board meeting on drought, unexpected relief…
West Nile Virus Still a Threat to Horses Despite Drought
Many parts of the nation are in drought, but that doesn’t mean the end of mosquitos. Find out what that means for your horses, in today’s This Land of Ours….
California Dairies Answering the Call for Fertilizer Needs
…south and I’m very happy to see it. Because anything we can do to offset some of these high feed costs as a result of the drought, hopefully, will keep…
Quinoa Bacteria Research
…and is ready for harvest. It could help in cases of soil salinity, pest pressures, and even drought. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Quinoa Bacteria…
USDA to Provide $6 Billion in Natural Disaster Assistance to Producers
…designed to offset crop yield and value losses that producers have suffered as a result of natural disasters including wildfires, excessive heat, smoke exposure, and qualifying drought. Existing Federal Crop…