…the FARM Program, with the support of two new staff members who will assume day-to-day management of the program and report to Meredith in her new role. The new hires…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…were mailed to all producers on record in April. The deadline for completing the survey is tomorrow, April 30, 2016. If you need assistance estimating your avocado crop, visit CAC’s…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…quality, bringing them greater returns. That’s why we’ve added this type of equipment as a new category for our Farm Storage Facility Loan program.” The program also offers a new…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…local communities and the environment, ABC’s Accelerated Innovation Management (AIM) program has increased focus on the development and deployment of innovative almond farming practices. Together with ABC’s traditional research programs…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in a program funded in part by BETO. Since then, BETO has competitively awarded additional funding to Lygos through the Small Business Vouchers Pilot, an…
Benefits of SWEEP Program
…an encore presentation of the Growing California video, “Strawberry Fields…Forever,” a look at a grower utilizing SWEEP as well assistance from CDFA’s Fertilizer Research Education Program (FREP). Sakakihara Farms, strawberry…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…control costs. Part of a multi-volume series published by USDA Rural Development, the report provides technical assistance for food hubs at different stages of development. For example, it gives beginning…
Meals for Kids
…Food and Nutrition Service Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks Centers and day care homes offering meals through the Child and Adult…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…ostrich industry are that it currently has access to buying and breeding programs On-Line, and ostrich farms can communicate with each other from the US, Australia, and New Zealand via…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA) announced cooperative agreements with 55 partners to educate farmers and other producers that have been underserved by USDA programs historically about Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs…
Bison Our National Mammal
…as an important part of the American environment, diet, and an emerging part of the agricultural economy.” Keith Aune, WCS Senior Conservationist and Bison Program Coordinator, said: “Finally we are…
Tree Removal Program Aids Fight Against ACP
Bayer is teaming up again with California’s citrus industry to help the fight against the Asian citrus psyllid, creating the Abandoned Citrus Tree removal program. The Abandoned Citrus Tree removal…
NRCS Hosts Mid-year Advisory Meeting
…·A snapshot of 2016 program delivery ·A discussion about timely resource issues including groundwater recharge, biochar, and tree mortality ·Review of 2016 locally-led EQIP funding allocations ·Ongoing discussion on the…
Rice Paddies Fueling Electric Vehicles
From Rice Paddies to the Road: Transforming Rice Husks into Lithium-ion Anodes for Plug-in Electric Vehicles From: Energy.gov by Shannon Brescher Shea, Communications Manager, Clean Cities Program Photo courtesy of…