…USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), provides technical and financial assistance to help ranchers conserve the bird’s habitat while improving working lands. Since 2010, NRCS and conservation partners have worked…
DWR April Snowpack Totals Report
…percent of the March 30 historical average. Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, and his survey team measured snow that was 58.4 inches deep at Phillips…
Funding Supports Local Food and Specialty Crops
…as specialty crops). These grants programs are administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and include the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program,…
Healthier Shopping
…to help participants in the Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, purchase healthier foods. Much of the grant activities…
Agri View: PETA Blasts FFA
…programs and activities and be an active participant. Conduct and value a supervised agricultural experience program. Strive to establish and enhance my skills through agricultural education in order to enter…
Almond Growers to Play Critical Role in Solving Bee Loss Puzzle
…Informed Partnership (a research and outreach program providing technical support to beekeepers that is funded primarily by USDA with support from others) to address sampling needs for affected hives both…
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Still Below Average
…content of the mountain snowpack today is only 87 percent of the March 30 historical average. Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, and his survey team…
Agri View: Farm-Raised
…says Robert Brackett, PhD, director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. “The levels of contaminants that have been found are very low, and FDA is not advising…
CA Farmers Achieve More Air Quality Gains
…provides customers with technical and financial support for air quality and other conservation measures through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The seven farming practices applied in 2015 to improve…
Challenges With ILRP Reporting
One region will test the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) nitrogen reporting and determine what other challenges they see in the process besides the timing of deadlines. Challenges With ILRP…
Napa’s New Winery Compliance Rules Preceding Strict Enforcement
…Board was to implement a phased, self-certification compliance program in order to assure wineries are complying with the terms of their use permits and provide greater consistency in how the…
Sakata Seed Announces Contribution to UC Davis
…in this incredible program, which has nurtured so many industry professionals and helped shape and progress the future of the industry. According to Dave Armstrong, President-CEO of Sakata Seed America,…
Biofuel Trade Groups, Companies Commend Senators’ Action
…with critical business decisions. “Back in the fall of 2015, Administrator McCarthy addressed biofuels stakeholders, saying, ‘EPA is working hard to make sure that the Renewable Fuel Standard program is…
Almond Board: Summer Weed Management
…Weed Managment Listen to the program above for Hanson’s tips and points for growers. From Almonds.com Effective, Cost-Efficient Resistance Management for Summer Weeds by Brad Hanson As more weed species…