…shallow flooding of rice fields, just a few inches of water going in there. It times perfectly with the Pacific Flyway migration including seven to ten million ducks and geese…
The Western View: Weather or Not
…I’m sure you know, El Niño and La Nina are heat patterns in the Pacific Ocean that affect the weather in North America, and creates the extremes of either drought…
Beef Industry Challenges to Be Addressed Through USDA Initiatives
…hosted in partnership with the CME Group and the three USDA Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation Training Centers. Webinars will also be covering how USDA officially grades carcass to the…
Net Zero Initiative Looks to Improve Environmental Stewardship on Dairies
…has already signed up to support the efforts of the Net Zero Initiative. A $10 million commitment and a multi-year partnership were established to help improve access to environmental practices…
Freezing Avocado Shoots: the ‘Han Solo Treatment’ Security Blanket
…40 years of effort. In partnership with The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in California, University of Queensland Ph.D. student Chris O’Brien has finally developed a method for…
Enhancing Food Safety Through U.S.-Mexico Partnership
…a virtual ceremony, officials from both countries noted how this latest partnership will take a more forward-thinking approach to food safety. “Our enhanced food safety partnership with our Mexican colleagues…
NRCS Names Priority Watershed Areas to Receive Financial Assistance
…press release. “These focused partnerships allow us to maximize the delivery of our conservation efforts and achieve greater improvements to water quality, which benefits the participating producers, the public, and…
California Conservation Project Receive $3.5 Million in Funding
A California conservation project is receiving significant funding support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conversation Service (NRCS). The project is being supported by the Regional Conservation Partnership…
UC Cooperative Extension and Colusa RCD launch ‘Soil Health Connection’
…supported by the California Department of Food and Agriculture Healthy Soils Program in partnership with Richter AG and Davis Ranch. The project is evaluating how soil moisture dynamics change with…
Housing for the Harvest Program Expands to Santa Barbara
…Joaquin County. The Community Foundation of San Joaquin County has been working on an Emergency Assistance Grants Program along with a Community Outreach Partnership to help further the effort. The…
UC Cooperative Extension to Investigate Healthy Soil Practices with CDFA Grants
…in partnership with a large influential vegetable grower in the Salinas Valley, the project aims to encourage broad scale practice adoption. Recent research has indicated the addition of organic amendments…
Wildfire Assistance from USDA Being Offered to Famers and Ranchers
…face unrelenting challenges such as high winds and dry lightning.” The wildfire assistance from USDA comes in many forms. The Disaster Resource Center has been created through a partnership between…
4-H Gives Incarcerated Youth Freedom to Try Their Hands at Growing Vegetables
…caused by the pandemic, Miller plans to continue the 4-H partnership with Mother Lode Regional Juvenile Correctional Facility on the garden project and other agricultural educational activities. As the pandemic…
Tricks to Keep Summer Gardens Looking Their Best: Pacific Northwest
Some tricks for Summer gardens in the Pacific Northwest to keep looking their very best. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Late summer marks the season for garden-fresh…