…lock in the current zero percent sequestration rate. As an additional aid to qualified producers applying for LFP, the Farm Service’s Agency has developed an online registration that enables farmers…
California School District Rewrites Menu for Student Lunches
(from PB News Hour) For children across the country, returning to school means eating mass-produced lunches. But Oakland, California, is implementing an ambitious plan to transform their lunch program to…
Leopold Conservation Award Finalists Announced
…voluntary stewardship and management of natural resources. The finalists are: Full Belly Farm, Yolo County Hafenfeld Ranch, Kern County Kautz Farms, San Joaquin County Full Belly Farm is a certified…
Farm Bill Rollout Challenges
…and cooperative agencies have been busy since February implementing a record setting farm bill. State Conservationist Carlos Suarez says the focus of that being drought relief. Farm Bill Rollout Challenges…
California Land Values and Cash Rents
California Land Values The 2014 California average farm real estate was valued at $7,300 per acre, according to a survey conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). This is…
Ag Leaders On Hand as Governor Brown Signs Landmark Groundwater Legislation
…the biggest economic gamble. Thousands of homes and small farms cannot keep pace with the race to drill deeper and deeper wells. The bills take a balanced approach – they…
USDA Programs Help New Farmers and Ranchers
United States Department of Agriculture programs connected to the Farm Bill are designed to assist beginning farmers and ranchers with some of their greatest needs. Rob Bain has more. State…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
…to 47 organizations that will help develop and demonstrate cutting-edge ideas to accelerate innovation in private lands conservation. The Secretary made the announcement while visiting a farm in Illinois. “These…
Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller Discusses Conservation Projects
The 2014 Farm Bill is our country’s biggest investment in land and water conservation and has been called the most significant conservation legislation in generations. Voluntary partnerships between agricultural and…
Agri View: Animal Smart
Everett Griner talks about the brain power of farm animals in today’s Agri View. Animal Smart…
Federal Officials to Tour Southern California Agriculture
…crossing; Vessey & Company. Sept. 17 (Imperial County): Farm Credit Ag Center; Imperial Irrigation District; Imperial County Farm Bureau; Imperial Valley Vegetable Growers Association; El Toro Export; Ametza. Sept. 18…
Class 45 Fellows Selected for California Agricultural Leadership Program
…Company Correen Davis, Stockton, Gorrill Ranch Matthew Efird, Caruthers, Efird Ag Enterprises, Inc. Lucas Espericueta, Bakersfield, Farm Credit West Rob Goff, Bakersfield, Paramount Farming Company Stephanie Gonzales, Firebaugh, Oro Loma…
AgNet West Now on KYNO in Fresno
…a farm news/talk show to its weekday line up. As of Monday, September 1, KYNO is airing Farm City Newsday from 5-6 am each weekday. Farm City Newsday is produced…
President Wenger Reacts to WOTUS Block
Paul Wenger, President, California Farm Bureau Federation AgNet West’s Gary Cooper talked to California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger about his reaction to the legislation passing through the House of…