Michael McElhiney with soil sample in Stanislaus County, CA. By Lynn Betts / Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service / Wikimedia Commons Even with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation…
FCSO Investigating Two Stolen Cargo Cases: Walnuts and Mandarins
Wikimedia Commons The Fresno County Sheriff’s Ag Task Force is investigating two cases of stolen cargo involving $150,000 in walnuts and $100,000 in mandarins. In both instances, the thief posed…
White House Budget Proposal Targets Local FSA, NRCS Offices for Closure
…to consolidate its local, county-level offices into larger, state-level committees that would oversee FSA, NRCS, and Rural Development operations. These offices, which many farmers depend on for direct support, could…
AgNet News Hour Thursday, 04-17-25
…forming state committees to oversee local operations. Concerns have been raised about the impact on county committees and the ability to accommodate farmers without internet access. The 2018 Farm Bill…
CDFA Expands HLB Quarantine Boundary in San Diego County’s Valley Center Area
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has expanded the Huanglongbing (HLB) quarantine boundary in San Diego County’s Valley Center area due to the detection of two HLB-positive citrus…
American Agriculture History Minute: Farmland Auctions
…Iowa farm change hands for the first time since 1882. Six-hundred-thirty-six (636) acres of prime farmland in Guthrie County, Iowa. It was eventually split into eight tracks, five buyers, a…
American Agriculture History Minute: Earliest Recorded One-Room Schoolhouse
…Colorado as settlers moved west. Many still in operation through the 1950s. Vandalia, Indiana closed their school 1951. Rush County, Kansas closed 1959. That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m…
AgNet News Hour Thursday, 04-10-25
…California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and high water prices, which should be $15,000-$20,000 per acre but are $32,000-$42,000, are significant factors. The highest agricultural land values remain in Kern County…
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Settlers Settle Appalachian Mountains
The Earnest Fort House (sometimes called the Mauris-Earnest Fort House after a later owner) in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. This house, located just south of Chuckey…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 03-31-25
…controversial wind energy project in Shasta County, which could generate 205 megawatts but faces opposition due to environmental and safety concerns. The project would benefit 80,000 homes, but local opposition…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 03-28-25
…led to cattle depredation, prompting a local emergency in one county. Between October and December 2024, wolves killed 19 cattle in rural counties. The issue mirrors that in Colorado, where…
USDA Expediting Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
…eligibility and payment details. Applying for ECAP Producers must submit ECAP applications to their local FSA county office by Aug. 15, 2025. Only one application is required for all ECAP…
Citrus Greening Quarantine Expanded
Citrus Greening quarantine has been expanded in Orange County. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is…