…Summer Food Service Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Together these programs make up the federal nutrition safety net….
USDA Video: USDA’s Summer Feeding Efforts
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says partners are needed to increase the number of meals in USDA’s Summer Feeding program, during this 40th year of the program….
Area-Wide Management of Asian Citrus Psyllid
The Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program has launched a new educational video for California citrus growers. The video details the area-wide management treatment strategy for combating the Asian citrus…
Past Practices Responsibility of Present Farmers
…fueling the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program and what concerns government agencies. Unfortunately those levels are due to old farming habits. San Joaquin County Resource Conservation Coalition Program Manager Mike Wackman…
USDA Designates Imperial County in California as a Primary Natural Disaster Area with Assistance to Producers in Arizona
…Program, The Livestock Forage Disaster Program, the Livestock Indemnity Program, the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program, and the Tree Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their…
PERC Program for Agriculture
Cinch Munson, Director of Agriculture Business Development for the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) talks with AgNet West’s Sabrina Hill about programs that can help ag operations save money…
Citrus Strong – Citrus Mutual – Citrus Matters
…luncheon program, Bayer CropScience will make an exciting, surprise announcement to the industry about their commitment to working toward real solutions to stop the Asian citrus psyllid and Huanglongbing before…
Growers Can Help Protect Bee Health
Becky Langer, Director of the Bayer Bee Care Program, talks with Sabrina Hill about bee health and how growers can help protect bees. Becky Langer – Bayer Bee Care Program…
What ‘Potential to Discharge’ Means to You
…forms to growers in parts of the state to survey what land owners are practicing in the field. San Joaquin County Resource Conservation Coalition Program Manager Mike Wackman says one…
USDA Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs
…today that a one-time extension will be provided to producers for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss…
Toomey, Feinstein & Flake Legislation Shortsighted Policy
…2014 yielded a record corn crop and the price of corn dropped precipitously throughout the harvest, even as food costs increased. “The authors of this legislation fail to understand the…
DuPont Pioneer Enhances Grower Service and Support
…program. With the recent Chinese import approval of the Agrisure Viptera® trait, Pioneer will expand the U.S. lineup of Optimum® Leptra™ corn hybrids in 2015 and growers who use these…
Big Fresno Fair Announces New San Joaquin Valley Olive Oil Competition
…competition is open to all olive oil producers in the state of California with olive oil made from the most recent olive harvest. There will be two classes for entries:…
Assembly Member Gray Announces Joint Committee Hearings on Rail
…Merced and implementing the improvements needed between Stockton and San Jose to increase service to 10 daily round trips. This expansion program is expected to need about $715 million in…