Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering the Kincade Fire and its impacts on Sonoma County…
Voting Begins for 2019 FSA County Committee Elections
…the country for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections. “Our county committee members play a key role in our efforts to provide assistance to producers,” said FSA Administrator…
Winegrapes Came Back Strong in San Luis Obispo County
Winegrapes made a significant comeback in the 2018 crop report for San Luis Obispo County, once again reaching number-one status for sales. Winegrape growers experienced an eight percent increase in…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 10-25-19
…3-D program, compliance with the Produce Safety Rule, a Fresno State student who received an American Agri-Women Foundation scholarship and a need for farmers to be included in climate crisis…
Farmworker Housing Bill: ‘No farmer is going to use this.’
…great thing for farmers,” said San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau Executive Director Brent Burchett. “In fact, it does the complete opposite of what the bill purports to do and…
USDA Invests in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements in 31 States
…into the collection system. The town of Barre in Orleans County, N.Y., has been approved for a $500,000 loan and a $601,000 grant to extend public water service to 31…
2020 Enrollment for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs Open
…can enroll for both 2019 and 2020 during the same visit to an FSA county office. ARC and PLC have options for the farm operator who is actively farming the…
Shasta Dam Project Hits Another Roadblock
…for the project. The announcement comes on the heels of a Shasta County Superior Court decision not to hear an appeal from WWD. A previous ruling prevented the district from…
Fresno County Leads California as Top Agricultural County
…Report. Kern County had led the country at the top agricultural county for agricultural sales in 2017, with Fresno County coming in third in terms of production. Although Tulare County…
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…
Spotted Lanternfly Management Getting ‘Gritty’ in Philly
…Flyers mascot named ‘Gritty’, and the group calls themselves ‘The Keystone State Lanternfly Kill Squad’. Spotted lanternfly nymph sits on grape vine, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The author says the viral…
Public Comment Sessions for Healthy Soils Program Begin Today
…for Monday, September 23 at the Glenn County Farm Bureau in Orland beginning at 10 a.m. The second session will begin at 1p.m. on Tuesday, September 24, at the Fresno…
Shaping the ‘Women for the Land’ Initiative in California
…County Farm Bureau to garner feedback from women landowners and farmers on how the program can be improved for California. Heckert noted that the group is “looking forward to hearing…
Programs Help Producers Reach Dust Reduction Goals
Assistance programs are helping nut producers around the state reach their dust reduction goals. Kern County producer Bret Sill with Sill Properties said taking advantage of programs that help growers…