Adam Gray After a successful fight to preserve state funds for FFA last year, Assemblymember Adam C. Gray (D-Merced), expressed his pleasure that Governor Brown’s proposed budget maintains funding for…
Farm Bureau Approves Strategic Action Plan for 2015
…the environment. “The American Farm Bureau Federation represents farmers and ranchers who use every type of agriculture production system to provide the safest food possible,” Stallman said. “Many of our…
First USDA Forecast Shows Normal Water Supply Forecast for Much of the West
…normal, according to data from the first 2015 forecast of USDA’s National Water and Climate Center (NWCC). California, Arizona and New Mexico as well as parts of Colorado, Utah and…
Developing New Farmers through Farm Bill Programs
Collaboration is the emphasis of a program designed to mentor and educate beginning farmers and ranchers. Developing New Farmers through Farm Bill Programs…
Enrollment Numbers for Dairy Margin Protection Program Are Out
More than half of America’s dairy farmers are enrolled in the new Margin Protection Program created as part of the Farm Bill. Enrollment Numbers for Dairy Margin Protection Program Are…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Makes Major Announcement Regarding Conservation Projects
…building terraces in fields or restoring wetlands, which requires the hiring of contractors, engineers, scientists, and others. A 2013 study commissioned by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation estimates that…
Port Slowdowns are Affecting Farm Shipments
…months-long contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association dragged on and cargo backups became more severe, exporters say they heard from many frustrated…
Western View: High Speed Rail?
…to imagine that a governor who used to be so notoriously cheap would be the champion of this project. The cost is financed far into the future, and the price…
Farm Bureau Delegates Set Public Policy Positions for 2015
Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 96th Annual Convention today approved resolutions that will provide the organization grassroots authority to ask Congress to finish many measures…
Experts Predict Growing Uncertainty for Water Supplies
A combination of population growth, increasing environmental demands and climate change poses long-term questions for water availability, particularly in the western U.S. Speakers at a workshop at the American Farm…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for Dairy Development Program
…technology is precisely the kind of innovation that California farmers are known for,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “It promotes low carbon fuels, agricultural energy efficiency and other operational advantages….