Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners committed to protecting and conserving environmentally sensitive land may now sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The…
USDA Rolls Out Strong New Partnered Conservation Program
…land resilient and water clean, and promote tremendous economic growth in agriculture, construction, tourism and outdoor recreation, and other industries.” RCPP will competitively award funds to conservation projects designed by…
USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs
…and NAP programs. USDA will also award $3 million to state cooperative extension services—a nationwide network of experts based at land-grant universities—for outreach and education on the new Farm Bill…
USDA, Partners Usher In a New Era In Conservation
…could accomplish on its own. These efforts keep our land resilient and water clean, and promote tremendous economic growth in agriculture, construction, tourism and outdoor recreation, and other industries.” Along…
Farmers and Ranchers Get Help with the Click of a Mouse
A USDA agency spruces up its website and boasts a new link to help farmers and ranchers improve the land they own or lease. Susan Carter reports. Farmers and Ranchers…
USDA’s NRCS Putting Measures in Place to Help Farmers and Ranchers
Susan Carter Public Affairs Specialist USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is putting measures in place to help farmers and ranchers preserve and maintain farm land. Susan Carter has this story….
USDA’S Conservation Soil Health Campagin
Susan Carter Public Affairs Specialist USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is putting measures in place to help farmers and ranchers preserve and maintain farm land. Susan Carter has the report….
UC Davis Study Determines Preliminary Findings of Economic Impact of Drought in Central Valley
…7 million acres of irrigated farmland. The center plans to release a more comprehensive report of the drought’s economic impact on the state’s irrigated agriculture this summer. The analysis was…
Leopold Conservation Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
…is given to a private landowner who exemplifies conservation and is an inspiration to other landowners. Nominations Now Being Accepted The award can go an individual or family as was…
2014 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural Lands Due June 6
…of privately owned land. Cropland, rangeland, grassland, pastureland and nonindustrial private forestland are all eligible. Approved agricultural easements would prevent productive working lands from being converted to non-agricultural uses and…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…the new farm bill’s risk management programs. USDA is now accepting applications from Land Grant Universities, 1890 Colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges to create web-based tools that will help…
Staying Vigilant About Ag Theft
…different types of theft on their property. Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff 2 John Blenker says most theft can be thwarted be regularly checking your land. Staying Vigilant About Ag Theft…
9 California Counties Make Top 10 List for Ag Sales in the U.S.
…ranchers, local officials, agribusiness and others make decisions for the future. “The 2012 Census of Agriculture provides a wide range of demographic, economic, land, and crop and livestock production information…
Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions
…remaining gaps in groundwater monitoring, and updates its monitoring of land subsidence and agricultural land fallowing. 12. The California Department of Public Health, the Office of Emergency Services, and the…