…credit system to provide service to its many customers. In turn this has funded and supported many businesses and infrastructure projects in rural America. “Its rural commuities in agriculture. Everything…
Fuel Up To Play 60 Growing Success And Support
…National Dairy Council and National Football League in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This free program offers funding opportunities for schools and an online Playbook full of school-tested…
Fee Free Days This Weekend In National Forests
…of the US Forest Service tell us more. Fee Free Days This Weekend In National Forests From the National Park Service On Monday, January 18, national parks throughout the country…
UC Online Tool Delivers In-Field Information
…at a recent chlorpyrifos meeting. Delivers In-Field Information Attendees using tool A meeting at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Education Center addressed integrated pest management in almonds, with a focus…
Dietary Guidelines
…HHS, the Administration on Aging implements the Dietary Guidelines through the Older Americans Act Nutrition Services programs (i.e., nutrition programs for older adults), with about 5,000 community-based nutrition service providers…
NGB and ASTA Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference
Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and National Garden Bureau (NGB) for the ASTA Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference, January 30 – February 2, 2016 at the Disneyland Hotel…
New Air Quality Incentives for Nut Farmers to Adopt Low-Emission Harvesters
California air quality should get a boost from farmers using lower emission harvesting equipment, according to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in California. Beginning in 2016, the agency is offering…
World Ag Expo to Feature Harden, Ross, and Kinoshita on Panel
…Secretary Ross has deep leadership experience in agricultural issues nationally, internationally, and here in California. Prior to joining CDFA, Secretary Ross was chief of staff for U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom…
Feed a Bee
Cathy Isom tells us about the national campaign creating quite a buzz for honey bees. You may recall Bayer CropScience launched the Feed a Bee campaign last year. A major…
Agri View: COOL Labeling
Everett Griner talks about COOL labeling in today’s Agri View. COOL Labeling From USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) is a labeling…
Almond Board: Almond Video Teaches About Lifecycle
…engages in production, nutrition and market research, advertising and promotion in domestic and international markets, quality control and statistical analysis and dissemination. As a Federal Marketing Order, it is important…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
…we don’t get a break in the weather and can’t get back into the field to pick, then we could see some impact on supplies,” he told agricultural reporters. If…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine 2016 Update
Quarantine expansion in Central Valley, continued vigilance statewide Agricultural officials and citrus farmers continue to work with California residents and other stakeholders to control the spread of the Asian citrus…
USDA to Measure the Financial Health of American Farms
Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers across the nation to conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). This…