Calling all high school sophomores, Tulare County Farm Bureau’s Youth Leadership program applications are now available. Visit the Tulare County Farm Bureau (TCFB) website at www.tulcofb.org to apply online or…
USDA Expands Safety-Net for Dairy Operations
…providing producers with $2.5 billion in financial assistance, nearly $1 billion more than provided by the old Milk Income Loss Contract program during the same period. The Margin Protection Program…
Exemption Granted for PSHB Management
…develop the application for this emergency exemption. We gratefully acknowledge all of their assistance. The Commission will continue to do everything in our power to help growers find solutions to…
North American Producers Committed
…research from animal nutritionists and adopting production technologies that, when combined, have achieved tremendous advances in our industry’s ability to produce high-quality food in a sustainable manner,” added NPPC President…
Veteran Serves Escondido Ag Community
…quality. These goals are all areas where NRCS’ science-based conservation methods can help. Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, NRCS offers organic conservation assistance to help farmers improve soil health…
Climate Change Bill Moves Forward
…they provide specific strategies to accomplish that.” The proposed program would provide support such as loans, grants, research, technical assistance, educational materials and outreach to farmers whose management practices contribute…
Agri View: SNAP Fraud
…Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and make sure the program is targeted towards those families who need it the most. USDA aggressively acts to control trafficking by using SNAP purchase…
High Tunnel System Initiative
…financial assistance. State Programs Links Click on the State where the property that you are interested in enrolling in EQIP is located. This will take you to that State’s Programs…
Near Normal Snowpack in Most of the West
…mitigation efforts, visit USDA Drought Programs and Assistance. To learn more about how NRCS is helping private landowners adapt to changing climate conditions including drought, visit the NRCS’ drought resources….
Farm Credit Top 100 Honorees
Farm Credit celebrated National Ag Day on March 15th by announcing the top honorees of their 100 Fresh Perspectives program. From July to December of 2015, Farm Credit searched for…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…fertilizer use. To learn more about these awards, which were funded through the agency’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, visit: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipients.display/rfa_id/594/records_per_page/ALL To learn more about EPA’s air research, visit:…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…this program helps them grow economic opportunities for their families and communities by increasing the value of the items they produce,” Vilsack said. “The Value-Added Producer Grant program has a…
New walnut variety ‘Durham’ released
The UC Davis Walnut Breeding Program has recently released a new walnut variety, ‘Durham’. Researchers say the trees produce good quality kernels with some degree of resistant to a common…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
This year marks the start of reporting of nitrogen applications from the previous year. Under the revised Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, all growers on irrigated farmland in the Central Valley…