…in available funding to support small businesses in the creation of advanced research and development projects that will lead to innovative solutions for American agriculture. This funding is available through…
Funding for Farmworker Housing
…the terms of the loan or grant agreement. Six farmworker housing projects in California have been awarded $18 million in loans from the USDA’s Farm Labor Housing Loan and Grant…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…In addition to the measures in the strategy, a number of habitat restoration projects that are highly likely to benefit Delta smelt are planned or underway. Details on the projects…
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
…at adapting and becoming resilient to climate change. This effort could connect with state cooperative extension efforts and support the USDA Climate Hubs. Examples of previously funded projects through this…
Weigh a Bee
…saw it as a great senior-year project for engineering students. Undergraduate engineers in their senior year usually undertake a team “capstone” project, which gives them an opportunity to apply their…
Water Challenges Make Conservation Standard
…build new tunnels in the system. He says the coalition hasn’t made a decision on the project, but they do know that something needs to be done to balance out…
Texas Researchers Find Improved Beef Quality in Cloned Cattle
…seven of them were harvested. The seven steer carcasses were evaluated by a third-party USDA beef grading supervisor and graded significantly above the industry average. The project’s lead researcher, Ty…
CA Water Agencies File Suit Against Reclamation
…redistribution of Central Valley Project and State Water Project water supplies away from urban and agricultural uses and have jeopardized the water supply for waterfowl and wildlife refuges. Since 2008…
Water Bond Funding Could be Stretched Thin
…available which means a lot of projects just won’t happen. Water Bond Funding Could be Stretched Thin California Farm water Coalition Executive Director Mike Wade says many of the projects…
Partnerships Formed for Temperance Flat Research
…Friant Dam. The project would permit capture and storage of high flows in above-average water years and high flow events. Existing Millerton Lake’s comparatively small capacity of 520,500 acre-feet is…
The Latest Buzz on Honeybees
…pesticides and bees. However, project manager with the North America Bayer Bee Care Program, Dr. Becky Langer, says pesticides aren’t the only concern. Listen to the full Bayer Bee Health…
Agri View: Growing Mushrooms
…is outstripping supply! According to Ben Waterman, the Cornell University coordinator for a shiitake mushroom growing project in Vermont, “We could see eight times the current production and still maintain…
Proposals Could Further Limit Water Flows
…to last year, Wade said they were optimistic about an increase of low allocation predictions that some growers received. “South of the Delta Central Valley Project, allocations are currently at…
Almond Board: Pollinator Week
…in this area including the Honey Bee Health Coalition, and Pollinator Partnership, and Project Apis m. For instance, Project Apis m. provides seed to almond growers who plant bee pastures…