…improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…is an important tool in helping CAC understand the industry’s overall productivity and grower intentions in light of industry variables such as water pricing, availability and global market competition. Surveys…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…higher value, permanent crops has led to an increase in agricultural water use. However, according to the California Department of Water Resources, the total amount of water used by agriculture…
Slightly Higher Acres Removed in Almond Report
…Lower prices for almonds mean less profit margin with the high price of water, and many areas of the Central Valley are predicted to have little water again for another…
National Grasslands
…conservation success story. Revegetated to provide for soil and water conservation, these intermingled public and private lands are managed to conserve the natural resources of grass, water and wildlife habitat….
Benefits of SWEEP Program
Growing California video on benefits of SWEEP, fertilizer management With the announcement this week of $16 million in grants from the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP), CDFA offers…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…losing its monopoly on the ostrich. Another problem was also looming from the exports of South African ostriches into various countries, and that was the heart-water fever virus. Heart-water fever…
Tree Removal Program Aids Fight Against ACP
…walked away from their trees due to the cost of water. Those groves can harbor Asian citrus psyllid populations even when the trees look dead. Through the newly formed ACT…
Garden by the Moon
…this ancient growing method say the water in both the ground and in plants are affected by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon, just like ocean tides are….
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
NRCS to Help Farmers Measure Conservation Impacts on Water Quality Monitoring stations enable NRCS to measure the amount of nutrients and sediment in water at the edge of farm field….
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…more lead problems are likely. The school district in Newark, N.J., recently replaced water fountains with bottled water after finding unacceptably high levels of lead in the tap water. Jeff…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…million for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). SWEEP projects will result in on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and water savings. “With more than 100 grants covering thousands…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…locked in at zero percent and its 15-percent tariff on milled barley will be eliminated in four years. Corn: The United States exported $190 million of corn and corn products…
Agri View: Peanut Butter
…salt water until they are of a soft bean like texture. They are most frequently enjoyed at the end of the day with a favorite beverage. Goober—a nickname for peanuts—comes…