State and federal agricultural officials are lifting the European grapevine moth quarantine in Solano County and in portions of Napa and Sonoma counties. The action is the result of significant…
Val Dolcini Named Administrator of the Farm Service Agency
Dolcini Val Dolcini has been selected to serve as the new Farm Service Agency Administrator. Dolcini currently serves as the California FSA state executive director. He was appointed to that…
It’s a bet! California Grown products on the line in football wager with New Mexico
…Poly wins, a basket of New Mexico agricultural products will be sent to California. Go Mustangs! Thanks to California Grown and Cal Poly for their generous donations to the basket….
USDA Statistics Confirm Almonds Number One
The popularity of almonds was written about in an article last week citing new United States Department of Agricultures statistics. AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman has the story. USDA Statistics Confirm…
Enrollment for New Dairy Farm Risk Management Program to Begin Sept. 2
…Protection Program final rule will be published in the Federal Register on Aug. 29, 2014. The Farm Service Agency (FSA), which administers the program, also will open a 60-day public…
End of the Brucellosis Milk Surveillance Program in California
…Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) since 1934 to eradicate brucellosis. California obtained brucellosis-free status in 1997. By 2007, the national eradication program had achieved an all-time low national…
2014 California Processing Tomato Report
Contracted production of California processing tomatoes is forecast at a record high 14.0 million tons, averaging 48.61 tons per acre, according to a survey conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in San Luis Obispo County
…quarantine area in and around the City of San Luis Obispo measures 97 square miles, bordered on the north by the Los Padres National Forest Boundary; on the east by…
EPA Finally Hands Over Maps Detailing the Extent of their WOTUS Proposal
…McDonald, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association environmental counsel. “Unfortunately, it is just another blatant contradiction to the claims of transparency this Administration insists they maintain.” These maps are very similar to…
Agri View: Farm Numbers
Everett Griner talks about how agriculture statistics can be mixed in today’s Agri View. Farm Numbers…
California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Climate Change and CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…Jr.; Sandra Schubert, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Kerri Steenwerth, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Barbara Allen-Diaz, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Jeanne Merrill, California Climate…
CDFA Releases Draft Statewide Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program EIR, Announces Public Meetings
…24th -5:30 p.m. Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office 4427 S. Laspina Tulare, CA 93274ý Monday, September 29th -5:30 p.m. California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N Street, Auditorium Sacramento,…
Tulare County Survey for Growers
…supply our Board of Supervisors, Office of Emergency Services and legislators with data about the extreme hardships that our agricultural industry is facing without a consistent supply of water,” she…
NFU Withdraws from Beef Checkoff Working Group
The National Farmers Union has withdrawn from the working group attempting to reach a consensus on changes to the beef checkoff program. Randall Weisman has more. NFU Withdraws from Beef…