…the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). NASS forecast total acreage at 155,000 acres, including 110,000 acres of pima cotton and 45,000 acres of upland varieties. This…
California Dairy Order Part 1
…milk marketing order. In this report, Sabrina Hill begins her series with Chris Galen, Vice President of Communications with the National Milk Producers Federation. Three Dairy Co-ops Want Federal Order…
How Changes In U.S. Rice Situation Impact Price
Seth Meyer with the World Agricultural Outlook Board talks about the net result with all of the small changes in the U.S. rice balance sheet. How Changes In U.S. Rice…
FSA Teams “Jump” in for Support at Local Offices
Cathy Isom Cathy Isom checks into how Farm Service Agency Jump Teams are helping take the load off in offices and locations across the nation. FSA Jump Teams…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
West-wide snowpack is melting earlier than usual, according to data from the fourth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). “Almost all of…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…can surely cite the statistics that the majority of the water that falls on California in a given year is reserved for environmental uses or flows directly to the ocean…
Eight Facts about Almonds, Agriculture and the Drought
…an increase in agricultural water use. But according to the Department of Water Resources, the total amount of agricultural water has held steady since 2000 and actually declined over a…
USDA Designates Del Norte County as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
…making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible…
ELAP and Honeybees
Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini explains the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish Program, and its benefits specifically to beekeepers. ELAP and Honeybees…
2015 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural lands and Wetlands Due May 15
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is currently accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP). ACEP offers two easement options, the Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) and the Wetland…
Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Scholarship Applications Due April 24
…24, 2015. Refer to the application for complete instructions. The Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau is a non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary membership California Corporation whose purpose is to protect and promote agricultural interests…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…2012 sales of $48 billion (Note – the California Agricultural Statistics Service reports $46.4 billion in farm receipts in 2013). California’s dry summers make irrigation essential. To irrigate more than…
USDA to Issue Disaster Assistance to Help Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
Farm Bill Program Offers Producers Relief for 2014 Losses in more than 40 States The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency today announced that nearly 2,700 applicants will…
Petal Fall Districts for Fresno County
Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, Les Wright, announced that 75 percent petal fall on the north side of citrus trees will have taken place at 1:00 a.m. April 7, 2015 in…