…Groundwater Sustainability Plans and Projects. The grant program is funded by Prop 1, the $7.5 billion water bond overwhelmingly approved by California voters in 2014. Proposition 1 authorized the Legislature…
State Milk Regulators Ask FDA for Assistance
…in Grand Rapids this week. The NCIMS is a national cooperative regulatory program that includes state milk regulatory agencies, dairy companies and FDA. The states collaborate with federal regulators and…
Livestock Industry Calls for Relief from EPA’s Overly Burdensome Regulations
…producers. While EPA attempted to address the farming community’s concerns related to the SPCC rule, the program presents many unnecessary challenges for agricultural producers. NCBA and PLC asked EPA to…
National Walnut Day
…harvest, contains juice which will readily stain anything it comes in contact with. The husk juice has been used as a cloth dye. The United States is the world’s largest…
USDA Approves Modifications to Margin Protection Plan of Insurance for Crops
…program, margin protection insurance for corn, wheat, rice and soybeans will be available in more states and have updates designed to better clarify the real input costs covered beginning in…
EPA E15 Volatility Restriction Among Regulations Requiring Reform
…to reform existing regulations and remove unnecessary burdens, RFA’s comments recommend: –Streamlining survey programs intended to monitor and verify fuel quality and regulatory compliance, and consider eliminating costly surveys that…
Almond Board: Nitrogen Calculator
…Dlott, Product Manager at SureHarvest, tells us about the nitrogen calculator. Listen to Dlott’s comments: From the Almond Board: The Almond Nitrogen Calculator can now be accessed through smartphones and…
First Loans Awarded in the Rural Energy Savings Program
…USDA is awarding a $13 million Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) loan to South Carolina’s KW Savings Co. and a $1 million loan to the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council…
2016 California Raisin Grape Mechanical Harvest Report
…has the most acreage with mechanical harvesting, at 33,399, that acreage only represents 29 percent of the Fresno County raisin-type grape acreage. Kern and Madera County growers harvest 17 and…
Robotic Apple Picker a labor Solution for Orchards
…to have the product ready in time for the 2018 harvest. The company has spent the last few years working on the prototype machines that use a robotic arm and…
U.S. on Path to Sustainable Commercial Fishing Waters
…harvest and imports. Seafood imports were also lower in 2015 — $1.4 billion less than in 2014. Saltwater angling generated $63 billion in sales across the economy in 2015, up…
EPA and U.S. Army Solicit State Input on Redefining “Waters of the U.S.”
…make the implementation of the Clean Water Act Section 404 regulatory program as transparent as possible for the regulated public, ” said Douglas Lamont, senior official performing the duties of…
Ag Export Groups Support CREAATE Act
…the “undeniable truth that international trade is crucial to America’s agricultural and rural economies,” and that expanding the Market Access Program, or MAP, and Foreign Market Development program, or FMD,…
Agri View: Migrant Labor Shortage
…come here legally are woefully inadequate. Most of the crops harvested now are done by illegal migrant farm workers. I live in a major vegetable producing area. Without migrants, most…