…the farmers market in Burkesville, Ky., located in Cumberland County with a total county population of 7,000, to expand the number of vendors at its market from 8 registered vendors…
Organic Production Project to Evaluate Advantages of No-Till Farming
…Regents to be used for the organic production project. Other recipients who will be operating in California include the Napa County Resource Conservation District, which will be supporting field trial…
California Navel Oranges Forecast to Rebound in 2018-19
…the 703 utilized groves, 11 were in Madera County, 126 were in Fresno County, 407 were in Tulare County, and 159 were in Kern County. 2018-19 California Navel Orange Objective…
USDA Partners with Communities to Support Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Opportunities in Rural America
…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…