…reallocation of resources to other critical programs. A list of selected projects and the FY 2014 funding plan are posted at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2014/04/pdf/fy14_farm_bill_spending_plan.pdf Funded initiatives include: $2 million for protection against…
Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…on the elimination of standard utility allowances in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for LIHEAP payments less than $20. SNAP-related Provisions: On March 21, 2014, FNS released an Implementation…
Leopold Conservation Award Nominations Now Accepted
…Foundation’s Leopold Conservation Award Program honors landowners across the U.S. for outstanding voluntary achievement in conservation practices that improve their bottom line and our environment. Our award recipients are ambassadors…
Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss New CDFA Water Program
…information about this program, including a conceptual framework of the grant program, will be available at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/H2O_EandE.html Program implementation will be on or before July 1, 2014. Visit www.Drought.CA.Gov to…
Vilsack Comments on Our Nation’s Wilderness: Yours to Enjoy and Protect
…Areas that remain relatively untouched by modern society also provide important natural areas for scientific study of flora and fauna. Finally, as March and National Nutrition Month come to a…
Board Suggests Land Owners Get Help With ILRP
Ground water will now be part of the irrigated lands regulatory program. The program previously was a waiver based program and only monitored surface water. The regulatory board recommends land…
FARMS Program Teaches Statewide Leadership
…Leadership Program from the Center for Land Based Learning offers high school students a chance to get their hands dirty planting, composting and learning about healthy eating. FARMS Leadership Program…
Almond Board: Early Season Leaf Tissue Sampling for Almonds
With the start of spring, this week’s almond update focuses on early-season leaf tissue sampling for nitrogen. Professor of Plant Nutrition at UC Davis, Patrick Brown says early sampling can…
Third Parties Designed to Help ILRP Rollout
The board for the Irrigated Land Regulatory Program knows they cannot police the new guidelines up and down the state alone. They also know that land owners will need help…
Students Plant Corn at Chukchansi Park
This slideshow requires JavaScript. The Center for Land Based Learning had a workshop for it’s FARMS Leadership program at Chukchansi park in Fresno. High school students learned how to plant…
Growing Pains for National Organic Program
…administration says they are working to address those. For more information, please CLICK HERE. Growing Pains for National Organic Program For information about the USDA National Organic Program, please CLICK…
Heat Illness Seminars Coming Up
…will be covered in the seminars. Heat Illness Seminars Coming Up The goal of this program is to ensure that all agricultural employers understand Regulation 3395 (Schwarzenegger, 2005) and the…
Medfly Infestation Triggers Quarantine in Central Los Angeles Area
…the Los Angeles area is the standard Medfly program used by CDFA and it’s the safest, most effective and efficient response program available. CDFA has successfully eradicated each and every…
Farm and Nutrition Day Hosts Thousands of Kids
The Fresno County Farm Bureau, Big Fresno Fair and many other sponsors partnered again to bring hundreds of third graders from around the valley to their Farm and Nutrition Day….