…Hazlett made the announcement here today during a visit to the Central Iowa Power Cooperative. One of its members, Farmers Electric Cooperative in Greenfield, Iowa, is receiving a $1.4 million…
NMPF Thanks USDA for Extending Margin Protection Program Sign-up Window
…“We believe an extension of the sign-up period beyond the June 1 deadline will be beneficial in recruiting as many farmers as possible into the program,” said Jim Mulhern, president…
USDA Resumes Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment
…a one-year extension will be offered to existing CRP participants with expiring CRP contracts of 14 years or less. Producers eligible for an extension will receive a letter with more…
Abnormal Weather Takes A Toll on California Olive Crop
…many orchards actually have a very light, to next to no bloom at all,” said Dani Lightle, Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Glenn County. “There’s an orchard here or…
Almond Matters: Ant Management in Orchards
…COURTESY: UC ANR “Now is a good time to get in there and monitor for ants,” said Kris Tollerup, UC Cooperative Extension integrated pest management advisor at Kearney Agricultural Research…
Perdue Applauds Red Tape Reduction for Farmers
…project sponsors Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) agreements with project sponsors, including Recovery and Floodplain Easements All cooperative, contribution, interagency, or partnership agreements of Federal contracts used by NRCS to…
Growers Hear Update on Walnut Pruning Trial
The University of California Cooperative Extension recently hosted a walnut pruning trial field day at Castle Farms near Atwater. Attendees were shown some of the progress that has been made…
UCANR Releases New Report for Raspberry Production Costs
…Resource Economics website. These types of studies are funded by the UC Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension, which are both a part of UCANR, and the UC Davis…
Co-ops Support California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…vote from each cooperative represents the voting cooperative’s total membership in the state. USDA will officially announce the results of the referendum in the coming weeks. If the results support…
Almond Matters: Crop Looks Strong Despite Challenges
…of multiple weather events. “We’re pretty excited to see these trees have been tolerant of this many relatively hard conditions,” said UC Cooperative Extension Pomology Advisor for Merced County David…
USDA Supports Specialty Crop Industry with Multi-State Initiatives
…Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture in partnership with Clemson University, Michigan State University, University of Georgia and the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension used an SCMG to launch a project to…
California Industry Aggressively Confronting Sticky Cotton
…lot of expertise and a lot of experience between Cooperative Extension, USDA, and the industry itself,” said Isom. Last year was not a particularly bad year regarding the amount of…
Turning Integrated Pest Management Ideas Into Action
…need to make IPM more robust,” said Pete Goodell, UC IPM advisor emeritus who spent 36 years as an IPM researcher, leader and teacher. “We need to make IPM easier…
Record Attendance at Post-Harvest Pest Control Conference
…we have to deal with penicillium blue and green mold in the post-harvest environment,” said Mary Lu Arpaia, a Subtropical Horticulturist for UC Cooperative Extension, who served as the moderator…