Cathy Isom gives us some important safety tips the USDA wants you to know when preparing a popular party snack. Safety First When Preparing Chicken Wings…
Agri View: Gone Forever
Everett Griner talks about another farm icon vanishing forever in today’s Agri View. Gone Forever…
Low Water and Snowpack Level Concerns
Photo by Len Wilcox USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talks about the concerns of low water and snowpack levels in the west. Low Water and Snowpack Level Concerns…
Kern County Farm Bureau Irrigation Efficiency Program Awarded $400,000 Grant from Bay-Delta Initiative
…Farm Bureau’s application for assistance with irrigation efficiency was awarded $400,000 from the Bay Delta Initiative. Most of the valley’s portion of Kern County is located within the BDI focus…
28th Small Farm Conference in San Diego
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Showing small operations how to make farming successful is the focus of the California Small Farm Conference. Every year growers come to the conference to seek…
Water Quality
Corporate entities like a nationally known brewer are among those joining USDA as part of a National Water Quality Initiative. Cathy Isom looks at just how important this is. Water…
California Ag Day, National Agriculture Week Just Around the Corner
…(March 15-21). On March 18, the State Capitol will come alive with farm animals, educational displays, and entertainment all celebrating California’s great agricultural bounty during California Agriculture Day. The theme…
Initiatives Support Specialty Crop and Organic Research
Two USDA funding initiatives offer support for efforts to boost research for specialty crops and organics. Initiatives Support Specialty Crop and Organic Research…
Valencia Orange Production Forecast at 20 Million Cartons
…the five-year average of 2.562. USDA/NASS March Citrus Ctrop Forecast 2014-15 California Valencia Orange Objective Measurement Report (.pdf) Citrus March Forecast Maturity Test Results and Fruit Size (.pdf) The next…
USDA’s Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program
Cathy Isom tells us about the program helping new Veterinarians get out of debt faster. Student Loan Repayment Program…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review March 6
…this edition of USDA Week In Review, healthy eating at schools, organic egg farming, and food prices rising a bit. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fsa.usda.gov www.fns.usda.gov www.ers.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
Additional Asian Citrus Psyllid Detections in Tulare County Expand Quarantine Further into Fresno County
…that all citrus fruit be free from ACP prior to moving out of the quarantine area. An exception may be made for nursery stock and budwood grown in USDA-approved structures…
USDA Awards Grants to Support Schools Serving Healthier Meals and Snacks
…USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service administers America’s nutrition assistance programs including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service…
California Farmers and Immigration Reform
Wenger California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger discusses what needs to happen now for immigration reform and why it’s vital to much of California’s agriculture. Immigration and California Farmers…