CDFA Announces SWEEP Funding Availability for 2016 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is accepting applications for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). An estimated $18…
HLB-Identified Trees Tested, Most Negative
…ran them through the standard real-time PCR test, which is currently the only USDA-approved detection method for HLB. The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program (CPDPP) announced that the analyzed…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
…provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. 33 U.S.C. §1402. Additional information on the Title I regulatory program is available on EPA’s ocean dumping…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
…suppression costs. “The House and Senate’s proposed budget allocations for the Forest Service’s state and private programs are signs that Congress is headed in the right direction when it comes…
Global Nutrition Coordination Plan Released
…enhanced agency coordination: food fortification, nutrition information systems, food safety, nutrition in the first 1,000 days (pregnancy up to two years of age), nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, and HIV and nutrition.These…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…California State Board of Food and Agriculture The California Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy Mission is funded in part by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program….
Almond Board: New E-Learning Program
There’s a new e-learning opportunity for growers. Almond Board Program Coordinator, Industry Relations, Rebecca Bailey tells us more about the program. Listen to the report: Almond Board e-learning With California…
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…funds to expand Market Match by funding the California Nutrition Incentives Act. The proposed $5 million in state funds would attract federal matching dollars through the USDA’s Food Insecurity Nutrition…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Pest Found in Monterey County
…is an infestation. In addition, there will be voluntary treatment program and a quarantine area will be established around the City of Salinas. All residents in and around the one…
Almond Growers Now Have Irrigation Calculator
…growing conditions by integrating a number of variables, including weather and orchard conditions, with irrigation system type and efficiency. The free tool is available through the California Almond Sustainability[1] Program…
Almond Leadership Program Focuses on Issues
…the Almond Leadership Program. According to the Almond Board, the year-long program is designed to provide a mentored experience for the next generation. It includes leadership training seminars, hands-on educational…
EPA Announces Award to Protect Northern California Watersheds
…Consortium Grant Program in 2015 to accelerate and expand the protection of healthy, freshwater ecosystems and their watersheds. EPA co-funds the program with the Endowment, which manages the partnership. Grants…
NACD Welcomes Bill To Keep Red Tape At Bay
…time-consuming requirements complicates conservation delivery and can discourage landowners from participating in NRCS cost-share programs. “Financial assistance is crucial to the adoption and implementation of conservation,” Peters continued. “The ‘Improving…
FARMS Students Report on Agriculture
High school students get chance to be agriculture reporters for the day AgNet West and Clovis Grower Matt Efird worked with the FARMS Leadership program to show Central Valley students…