(USDA/NRCS) — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is awarding more than $24 million in grants designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative approaches that have demonstrated conservation benefits…
CDFA Makes Selections for Climate Smart Agriculture Funding
…Smart Agriculture Programs to be used for technical assistance grants through a competitive request for proposals. Technical assistance efforts are prioritized for farms that are smaller than 500 acres, with…
Legislation to Preserve Family Farms Introduced in Congress
(NCBA) — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced its strong support for the “Preserving Family Farms Act of 2019.” Introduced by U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D – 20th Dist….
Farm Bureau Calls for Improvements to Ag Labor Bill
…to concerns raised by our members. While welcome, these changes unfortunately fall short of assuring that American producers will be able to keep their farms going, and the committee yesterday…
Agricultural Immigration Bill Moves Forward
…Farm Workforce Modernization Act to a vote as soon as possible.” The California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches on behalf of nearly 34,000 members statewide…
Best Organic Weed Control Methods
Weeds are something we constantly battle in our gardens and farms. Cathy Isom has a few suggestions for the best organic weed methods. That’s coming up on This Land of…
Round Two of 2019 MFP Payments to Be Issued in Coming Weeks
…unfairly “picking winners and losers between regions and crops,” and “helping wealthy farms and foreign companies instead of small farms.” USDA has responded to the concerns, defending how the payment…
Incubator Farm to Help Develop New Agronomic Strategies
…is the first of its kind for Yara in California, with a similar operation running in Alabama looking at corn, cotton, and soybeans. The incubator farms are designed to help…
Assistance Sought in Kincade Fire Relief Effort
The Kincade Fire has burned more than 77,000 acres as of November 4, causing significant damage to the community with the destruction of homes, farms, and businesses. For those who…
Officials Praise New Biological Opinions for the SWP and CVP
…Project (CVP). “The new Biological Opinions mean that for farms, fish, and people, this is the dawn of a new science-based approach to water and ecosystem management,” California Farm Water…
Western View: Green Energy’s Dirty Little Secret
…used on those allegedly low polluting wind machines and huge solar farms they are all over the country now. I’m talking about a chemical called Sulphur Hexafluoride, or SF6. It’s…
2020 Enrollment for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs Open
…two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) safety net programs – for the 2020 crop year. Meanwhile, producers who enrolled farms for the 2018 crop year have started receiving more than…
FMMO Puts Quota System in the Spotlight
…on the check, then they start looking at all the other numbers,” said Tom Barcellos, Owner and Operator of Barcellos Farms. “There was just a total awakening and an awareness…
The Changing Demographics of Farming
…and county-level data profiles highlight the changing demographic of agriculture. The data lists a total of nearly 71,000 farms throughout the state of California. More than 42,000 of those farms…