…roadways. The county will buy three trucks with snow plows, a backhoe, a tractor ditching head and a brush/tree chipper. This equipment will provide safer roads for the county’s 14,642…
USDA Invests in $650,000 in Local Watershed Project to Protect Communities and Vital Infrastructure
…County. The NRCS approved plan will evaluate surface and groundwater resources and develop alternatives for any identified resource concerns. Funding for the project is being provided through NRCS’s Watershed Protection…
USDA-NASS Announces 2017 Census of Agriculture Response Rate, Data Release Details
…provides the only source of comprehensive agricultural data for every State and county in the nation. As such, the data are widely-used by local and national decision-makers to help shape…
Water Works: Diverse Support of Proposition 3 Water Bond
…water bond. The group recently gathered at the Friant-Kern Canal to formally launch the Yes on Prop 3 campaign. Opponents of the water bond claim it would move funding away…
Secretary Perdue Rings the Closing Bell at NYSE
…CA Jason Detzel Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Cornell University Logan Woolsey 4-H Member/farmer Briar Creek Farm, NY Isabel Harcourt- Ramon 4-H Member Ulster County, NY Tyler Francis Owner…
USDA Secretary Working to Empower Local School Leaders and Improve the School Meal Programs
…Food Services Jessica Shelly and Miami-Dade County Public Schools Food and Nutrition Officer Penny Parham in a joint statement. “I believe strongly in serving my students with a well-rounded education,…
USDA Announces Investment to Expand Markets for Specialty Crop and Other Farmers
…the farmers market in Burkesville, Ky., located in Cumberland County with a total county population of 7,000, to expand the number of vendors at its market from 8 registered vendors…
Organic Production Project to Evaluate Advantages of No-Till Farming
…Regents to be used for the organic production project. Other recipients who will be operating in California include the Napa County Resource Conservation District, which will be supporting field trial…
California Navel Oranges Forecast to Rebound in 2018-19
…the 703 utilized groves, 11 were in Madera County, 126 were in Fresno County, 407 were in Tulare County, and 159 were in Kern County. 2018-19 California Navel Orange Objective…
California Cotton Acreage Falls Short of Early Predictions
…The counties with the largest amount of acreage are Kings, Fresno, Merced, and Kern. While California did get a decent amount of rainfall, it did not come until later in…
USDA Partners with Communities to Support Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Opportunities in Rural America
…Facilities program. Below are some of the projects USDA is supporting: In Newport, Ark., the White River Women’s Shelter is receiving a $150,000 grant to convert the former Jackson County…
Alternative Manure Management Projects Receive $21.6 Million in Funding
…Merced County and another in Stanislaus County, will reduce GHG emissions by the equivalent of 39,885 metric tons of carbon dioxide over five years. Other projects that are being funded…
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine in Sacramento County
…well as parts of Elk Grove and Yolo County. Sacramento County officials have found 15 of the flies over the past four weeks in the southern portion of the City…
Answer Upcoming NASS Survey; It Impacts Your Bottom Line
…farmers as results of the confidential NASS crop survey play a key role in determining the implementation of farm payments and programs, including the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program (county option),…