…initiated an in-depth investigation in August, and Bayer’s application this week requested a ten-working-day extension of the review deadline to January 22, 2018. The company says it requested the extension…
Growers Set for Sizable Walnut Harvest
This year’s weather has pushed the schedule back by approximately a week, but the walnut harvest is just around the corner. Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Glenn County, Dani…
USDA/NIFA Needs Stakeholder Input on Food, Agriculture Priorities
…extension, and education. “NIFA Listens: Investing in Science to Transform Lives” focuses on garnering answers to two questions from stakeholders: “What is your top priority in food and agricultural research,…
FSMA Agricultural Water Compliance Extension?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule to extend the agricultural water compliance dates that are part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). If the rule…
Almond Harvest Continues, Postharvest Irrigation Importance
This time of year, almond growers are primarily focused on getting their crops harvested, but it’s also a time to remember the importance of postharvest irrigation. UC Cooperative Extension Pomology…
Apply for Value-Added Producer Grant Program
…farmers and ranchers or socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Applicants may also receive priority if they are small or medium-sized operations structured as a family farm, a farmer or rancher cooperative,…
ROXY Rice Unveiled at Rice Field Day
…at UC Davis, was presented with the California Rice Industry Award for his research contributions. Afterward, participants had the opportunity to observe a display on weedy red rice, which was…
Funding to Recruit and Educate a More Diverse Agricultural Workforce
…education, and extension to solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative science directly support the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on…
White House Backs 2018 Spending Package
…aim at the measure’s inclusion of certain rural development programs, including the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and wastewater and housing grants, which the White House wants eliminated. From the National Association…
Is Subsurface Drip Irrigation the Way to Go?
Researchers at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) are encountering positive results using subsurface drip irrigation in some of their fruit trials. Historically, growers have not been big…
Help Texas Agriculture Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
…has been destroyed. According to estimates coming from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, losses from Harvey will reduce the expected two million bale harvest by as much as 400,000…
NIFA Support for Food and Agricultural National Needs Fellowship Grants Program
…education, and extension that solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative science directly support the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…competitive grants program that provides funding for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences. AFRI’s Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education…
Google Helps Santa Clara County 4-H
…be set up at festivals and fairs in order to reach even more young people. Santa Clara County UC Cooperative Extension 4-H has formed a team to lead the program….