USDA announces a new approach to conservation — a partnership program to recruit new partners and leverage additional investments for conservation projects in local communities….
A Partnership to Improve Rural Economies
Rod Bain USDA’s Rural Development works with rural electric cooperatives to provide loans and grants for local economic development projects. Rod Bain reports. A Partnership to Improve Rural Economies…
California’s 2013 Walnut Acreage Up 8 Percent From 2011
…continues to show the largest acreage planted with 14 percent of the total, followed by Butte with 13 percent and Tulare with 10 percent each. OBJECTIVES The Pacific Regional Office-California…
California Weekly Wholesale Feedstuff Prices
…soybean meal futures Union Pacific Singles Delivered Chino Valley 545.70-547.70 up 2.00 Basis 59.00-61.00 over the Chicago July soybean meal futures Cottonseed Meal, 41% Protein, solvent process FOB Central San…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Highlights Recent Trade Breakthroughs with Mexico
…greater market access for our agricultural products.” For decades, two-way agricultural trade between Mexico and the United States has supported good-paying jobs in both countries. This partnership has helped leverage…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
PACIFIC REGION WHEAT FORECAST Wheat California farmers are expected to produce 480,000 tons of winter wheat in 2014, down 41 percent from last year. Harvested acres are estimated at 200,000,…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…developing faster than last year and harvest is expected to start early. Water is a concern for many growers this year. View the Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review (.pdf)….
Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant
…the Bee Informed Partnership. Although the survey, conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Maryland Bee Informed Partnership shows improvement, losses remain above the level that…
2014 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural Lands Due June 6
…visiting www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/programs. Since its inception in 1935, NRCS has worked in partnership with private landowners and a variety of local, state and federal conservation partners to deliver conservation based on…
9 California Counties Make Top 10 List for Ag Sales in the U.S.
…as well as first-time or expanded data,” said Vic Tolomeo, Director, USDA-NASS Pacific Region. “Many of these data about California and our counties are only collected and reported as part…
TPP Talks-Where the U.S. and Japan Stand
What is the latest status between the US and Japan to reach agreement on issues to move the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement forward? Rod Bain has the report. TPP Talks-Where…
Americans Eating More Foreign Produce Than Ever Before
…causes. Americans Eating More Foreign Produce Than Ever Before A new report out by the Partnership for New American Economy and the Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform shows that in…
Administration Urged to Reject Japan TPP Offer
Randall Weiseman Randall Weiseman reports several agricultural organizations have joined together to voice their opposition to Japan negotiating position in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership to exclude a number of ag…
A Collaboration to Bring U.S. Goods to Chinese Marketplace
…of the Foreign Agricultural Service. Schneller explains the FAS partnership with e-commerce companies to promote sales of US food products in China and also says e-commerce is becoming a valuable…