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Thankful For What’s On Our Table
…a part of that effort. It takes a lot of hands to bring a crop to harvest, starting with the ranchers, farmers and farmworkers themselves. It has been heartening in…
Full Belly Farm Named 2014 California Leopold Conservation Award Recipient
…land and other natural resources has allowed California farmers and ranchers to sustainably produce the food and farm products we all depend upon,” California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul Wenger…
Silicon Valley Needs Farmers Too – Farm to Food Bank Month Spotlight
…Together, farmers and the food bank community can ensure that anyone who needs a meal—especially a healthy meal—can get one. December is Farm to Food Bank Month. Help increase farm…
USDA Disaster Assistance to Help Thousands of Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
…information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill. To learn more about USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) disaster assistance programs, visit the FSA factsheet page at www.fsa.usda.gov/factsheets or contact your local FSA office at http://go.usa.gov/pYV3….
Agri View: Tough Year
Everett Griner talks about the net farm income being down this year in today’s Agri View. Tough Year…
AFBF President on Obama’s Immigration Plan
…to help America’s farmers deal with the real labor challenges they face. Our nation loses millions of dollars in fruit and vegetable production every year because farmers cannot find labor…
CFBF: President’s Immigration Action Complicates Reform Effort
Paul Wenger In the wake of President Obama’s executive action on immigration, the president of the California Farm Bureau Federation said a long-term solution to immigration reform still depends on…
USDA to Survey Farmers’ Planting Intentions for 2015
…numbers and the amount of grain and oilseed they store on their farms. At the same time, NASS will survey grain facility operators to determine year-end off-farm grain and oilseed…
EPA Helps California’s Redwood Valley County Water District Prepare for a Changing Climate
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is helping the Redwood Valley County Water District, in Mendocino County, Calif. assess the risks they face from climate change and to take actions that…
Collaboration with Federal and State Agencies, Rice Growers and Industry Further Protect Endangered Salmon and Steelhead Trout
…through collaboration.” National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR), the California Rice Commission, and Valent, the manufacturer of the pesticide…
USDA Helps Open and Expand Export Markets for U.S. Agriculture
…products. Under FMD, also known as the Cooperator Program, the Foreign Agricultural Service will allocate $26.7 million to 22 trade organizations that represent U.S. agricultural producers. USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service…
Three-Hundred Tons of Nutrition from Annual Food Drive
…California came looking for a lead agency to coordinate the annual State Employees Food Drive, they didn’t have to look far. This year, CDFA is announcing a new partnership with…
USDA and Partners Complete First-of-Its-Kind Sale of Carbon Credits from Working Ranch Grasslands
…Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded $161,000 through a Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to Ducks Unlimited in 2011 to develop the necessary methodology to quantify the carbon stored in the soil by…