…experienced since mid-February has provided a significant boost to the projected water supply for the Central Valley Project this year,” Mid-Pacific Regional Director Ernest Conant said in a news release….
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Farm Bill Program Funding
…to deficit reduction, the groups pointed out. “These difficult cuts in 2014 resulted from hard choices made in partnership with agricultural leaders and were designed to substantially reform the farm…
California Producers Win Prestigious Conservation Award
…Conservation Service (NRCS) office submitted the family for consideration of the National Conservation Planning Partnership’s Hugh Hammond Bennett Awards for Conservation Excellence. The NRCS and National Association of Conservation Districts…
Getting More from Your Bank with Farmer Mac Services
…enhance the offerings provided by a grower’s usual bank. “Those banks can, through a partnership with Farmer Mac…create a single bank solution for their clients. They can be their operating…
CVP Receives Initial Water Supply Allocation
…as the operator of this complex and important infrastructure dictates we act conservatively at this time of year,” Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region Director Ernest Conant said in the allocation announcement. “In…
California Farm Bureau Appoints Jim Houston as Administrator
…California farmers and ranchers.” Houston is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned a law degree from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law…
USDA looks to “Everybody That Eats” for Market Opportunities
…still to be done with China, the Trans Pacific Partnership and the European Union trade deals he reassured the audience that the USDA is working on gaining access in other…
Study Shows Trade Agreements by Competitors will Threaten U.S. Dairy Exports to Japan
…see its market share drop in half over the next decade. Australia and New Zealand have the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in place with Japan already,…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 01-22-19
…as well as the challenging years ahead for the wine industry. There’s also a report on a new partnership that is working to extend the shelf life of avocados, which…
Western View: Why Water Management Matters
…the Pacific ocean. It’s just gone. Erik says that In the last couple of years something like 80% of the rain and snow that fell on California has flowed away,…
El Niño Weather System Continues to Progress
…moderate El Niño system brewing in the eastern tropical Pacific. “How that influences our weather patterns up here relates to the strength and behavior of the jet stream. So, the…
EPA Recognizes Reducing Food Waste
…protect the environment. “These winning organizations are showing how food recovery solutions result in multiple benefits” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Mike Stoker. “They are reducing waste, serving their…
Ag Must Be Part Of U.S.-EU Trade Deal, Groups Insist
…U.S. Congress.” The EU has expressed reluctance to include agriculture – as it did during earlier negotiations on the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – knowing it would require…
Six New Dairy Biomethane Projects Receive Funding
…biomethane from organic waste products in dairy digesters to provide a beneficial use as a renewable transportation fuel. “CalBio is honored to have been selected to develop these pilot projects…