…hear future challenges to rules established in the Clean Water Act. The State Water Resources Control Board is also expected to make a final decision regarding the preliminary Eastern San…
Lower Milk Prices in 2018?
…supply, falling domestic demand, and a strong dollar all show that prices may slip before they improve. Mike North of Commodity Risk Management says there’s a growing supply of product…
Group Files FTC Complaint Against HSUS
…return filed in 2016 by HSUS shows that it actually spends 29 percent of its donations on fundraising. The CCF says if joint cost expenditures that are allocated to management…
Conaway Applauds House-Passed Hurricane, Wildfire, and Natural Disaster Aid Package
…House for its support of this package and call on my colleagues in the Senate to act without further delay in helping our struggling neighbors rebuild their lives and communities.”…
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Reflects on Year of Progress
…grasslands. “Our accomplishments this year demonstrate the Forest Service’s strong commitment to improving the economic health of rural communities; ensuring lands and watersheds are sustainable, healthy and productive; and mitigating…
Almond Update: Publication for Sustainable Farming
There’s a new publication out that focuses on sustainable farming in almonds. Sabrina Hill talks with Almond Board’s Danielle Veenstra to find out more. Almond Update – Sustainable Farming From…
Improvements to Crop Insurance continue in 2018
…Risk Management Agency (RMA) continues to improve the program, increasing its availability and effectiveness as a risk management tool while safeguarding the integrity of the program. In 2017, RMA had…
Global Drought Severity Index Launched
…severity index. Relying on data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission, called GRACE, the index adds groundwater storage to drought assessments, augmenting commonly used tools most often based…
EPA to Finalize WOTUS Repeal in April
…said it was important that the new rule doesn’t say “everything under the sun” falls under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act, noting that corn growers farm over 90…
USDA Seeks Applications for $10 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants
…encouraging prescribed burning as a grazing management practice, and improving access to conservation planning tools used for developing grazing management plans. Organic Agriculture Systems: Helping organic producers develop innovative cropping…
Farmers Decline to Get Involved in USDA/GIPSA Suit
Many farmers were upset for months about a U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to withdraw the interim final rule from the Grain Inspections, Packers, and Stockyards Act (GIPSA). Politico says…
USDA Highlights $40 Million in Infrastructure Investments in Rural Communities
…attract more businesses while providing an essential community service to approximately 1,100 residents in the village. Kansas: The city of Wilson received $75,000 to upgrade the city’s streets to support…
CDFA Announces Funding for Dairy Digester Development Program
…been allocated to support non-digester practices that reduce methane emissions from dairy and livestock operations through the Alternative Manure Management Program(AMMP). Milk producers and dairy digester developers can apply for…
Register for Inaugural California Coffee Summit
…Agriculture will be giving presentations on topics such as the development of estate coffee, along with pest and disease management. UC Cooperative Extension advisors Ramiro Lobo, Gary Bender, and Duncan…