…Facilities program. Below are some of the projects USDA is supporting: In Newport, Ark., the White River Women’s Shelter is receiving a $150,000 grant to convert the former Jackson County…
Alternative Manure Management Projects Receive $21.6 Million in Funding
…Merced County and another in Stanislaus County, will reduce GHG emissions by the equivalent of 39,885 metric tons of carbon dioxide over five years. Other projects that are being funded…
2018 CA Agricultural Leadership Class Selected
…Cargill Animal Nutrition, Tulare Jared Plumlee, Booth Ranches LLC, Orange Cove Taylor Serres, Serres Ranch, Sonoma Mark Unruh, J.G. Boswell Company, Corcoran Jake Wenger, Wenger Ranch Inc., Modesto Source: California…
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine in Sacramento County
…well as parts of Elk Grove and Yolo County. Sacramento County officials have found 15 of the flies over the past four weeks in the southern portion of the City…
Answer Upcoming NASS Survey; It Impacts Your Bottom Line
…farmers as results of the confidential NASS crop survey play a key role in determining the implementation of farm payments and programs, including the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program (county option),…
Poultry Facilities Recognized for Safety Performance
…– Hatchery Pittsburg, TX – Feed Mill Sanderson Farms, Inc. Fernwood, MS McComb Production– Feed Mill Tyson Foods, Inc. Union City, TN Obion County – Hatchery Green Forest, AR –…
Assessing Carr Fire Damage, Local Bees Affected
…County Ag Commissioner Paul Kjos. Kjos and others have only been able to examine the northern part of the county as Cal Fire has worked to contain the fire and…
USDA Invests $345.5 Million in Rural Electric Infrastructure to Improve Service
…projects. Minnesota’s Goodhue County Electric Cooperative Association will use a $7.75 million loan to construct 28 miles of line and improve 72 miles. The loan includes $315,000 for smart grid…
Fire and Wine: Another Year of Northern California Wildfires
…be coming soon, but preliminary reports indicate damage to vineyards as being minimal thus far. The fires have spread into Lake County and officials have declared the fires about 39…
NRCS Partners in California Receive $1.3 Million for Conservation Innovations
…are as follows: The Napa County Resource Conservation District (RCD) will promote soil health assessments and field trial monitoring to support soil health management system adoption in California’s North Coast…
California, What Are You thinking?
…commit crimes and end up in our county jails, and making it a crime to use a straw in your soda drink. They are distracted by these empty issues, and…
PMA Exhibitors Stock Monterey Foodbank Shelves
…donated food to one in five residents in the county. “Through our food diversion programs with Ag, the Food Bank for Monterey County is able to provide access to the…
Coalition Urges State Board to Reject ‘Unimpaired Flows’ Plan
…26 county Farm Bureaus. The full text of the letter and full list of signatories may be found online at www.cfbf.com/top-issues#water, under the “Unimpaired Flow Standards” tab. from California Farm…
Water Works: Funding Approved for Water Storage Projects
…will receive $280 million to use with the South County Ag Program to treat recycled wastewater and provide it to farmers in Sacramento County. The Inland Empire Utilities Agency will…