…projects selected in California through the new NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). RCPP was created in the 2014 Farm Bill. Each project has its own set of conservation benefits,…
Fresno State Unveils New Jordan College Honors Program for Ag Students
…(Family Science) This spring the students will take three honors seminars and develop an honors project with a faculty mentor. During their senior year they will participate in additional three…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Makes Major Announcement Regarding Conservation Projects
…riparian habitat and improve irrigation on 1,000 farmland acres. A complete list of the projects and their descriptions is available on the NRCS website. New RCPP projects throughout the country…
Western View: High Speed Rail?
High Speed Rail? Len Wilcox discusses Governor Brown’s high speed rail project. High Speed Rail Last week, Governor Brown went to Fresno and held an invitation-only groundbreaking ceremony for the…
Hands-on Project Proving Beneficial to Bees
A program that started in Chico may be helping beekeepers reduce winter bee losses. Hands-on Project Proving Beneficial to Bees Honey bee tech transfer teams were tested in Northern California…
Medfly Infestation Triggers Quarantine In Riverside County
…(CDFA) are working collaboratively on this project. The 83-square mile quarantine is centered over Perris. It is bordered on the north by Oleander Avenue, on the south by Rouse Road,…
CDFA Accepting Concept Proposals for 2015 Fertilizer Research and Education Grants
…research projects are requested to fill gaps in nitrogen management information for specific crops, including corn, pima cotton, processing tomatoes, walnuts, citrus, and deep rooted vegetables such as carrots. Furthermore,…
State Wheat Production May Jump in 2015
…he has increased his acreage slightly. A diversified farmer in Westlands Water District, which received zero water from the federal Central Valley Project in 2014, Schmidt said he had to…
Brown Administration Opposes Federal Drought Legislation
…a 2015 Drought Operations Plan, and expect to complete it early next month. Building on the experience of last year, these agencies are actively exploring alternative approaches to water project…
Problems With Rotating Crops
…they have been running an in-depth project on the rotation of crops and have come up with some important findings. Davenport says this information will help answer a lot of…
California Among States Selected by USDA for Participation in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables
…of eight states to participate in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables, as directed by the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill….
USDA Announces Support for Producers of Advanced Biofuel
…National Biodiesel Board and Regents of the University of Idaho received $768,000 and $192,000 respectively, through the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. The program was established to stimulate biodiesel consumption and…
New Program Seeks Growers to Help Curb Declining Bee Population
The U.S. Bee Buffer Project, a Pollinator Partnership (P2) initiative, is immediately seeking 300 farmers, ranchers and foresters in California to set aside small plots of land as bee buffer…
USDA and Partners Complete First-of-Its-Kind Sale of Carbon Credits from Working Ranch Grasslands
…support the development of new technologies and approaches to agricultural conservation on private lands. This project was one of nine greenhouse gas mitigation and carbon market projects funded by NRCS…