The funding is split between two state-specific projects and a national project that includes California Two California organizations, and one national organization, have been selected to receive a combined $1.3…
USDA Invests in Healthy Food Options for Low-Income Families
To help improve the consumption rate of healthy food options by low-income families, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced a series…
Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill
…pass a bill that funds the Agriculture Department and related agencies, and other federal agencies such as Transportation, Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. Senate leadership is hopeful to pass…
NACD Sends Letter to Farm Bill Conference Committee
…the organization’s legislative priorities for the 2018 Farm Bill. NACD supports a final bill that includes level funding for the Conservation Title, retains the current conservation delivery system within the…
USDA Invites Comments on the Implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program
…speeds of broadband service provided to rural households. Best leading indicators of the potential project benefits for rural industries such as agriculture, manufacturing, e-commerce, transportation, health care and education, using…
USDA Invests in Projects to Spur Innovation in Grazing Lands, Organic Systems and Soil Health
…leverage the federal investment by providing a match or cost share that is at least equal to the amount of federal funding requested. This year’s projects focus on three priorities:…
Water Works: Funding Approved for Water Storage Projects
…will receive $280 million to use with the South County Ag Program to treat recycled wastewater and provide it to farmers in Sacramento County. The Inland Empire Utilities Agency will…
Groups Comment on Farmer Aid Package
…tariff-assistance package by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Because our state leads the nation in agricultural exports, California has a lot at stake in assuring fair trade of farm products,”…
Survey Shows US Chicken Consumption Remains Strong
…among 1,004 adults. Funding was provided by Elanco, Trouw Nutrition, WATT Global Media, and IRI. Click here to access a full copy of the report. Consumers will buy more chicken…
Food Processing Grants Available to Help Improve Energy Efficiency
…used is to be expected from an agricultural industry which the commission values at $54 billion, generating an additional $100 billion in economic activity related to agriculture. The Food Production…
House Moves to Send Farm Bill to Conference Committee
…to resolve the differences between the two chambers’ bills. House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) issued the following statement on the House’s action: “Today, we move one step…
USDA Partners to Improve Rural Water Infrastructure
…field offices. In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote agriculture…
Valley Ventures Accelerator Fueling Innovation; Accepting Fall Applications
…Agri-logic, AjO, Azadi, BioFiltro, BLH Aguatech, BoxPower, HerdDogg, Map Thread, Re-Nuble, Spooky Action, Sweep Energy, Tiny Farms and Waterfind. One company, HerdDogg, used the campus farm to test its dairy…
Governor Brown Increases Funding for Citrus Protection
…for CDFA to use in several different agricultural sectors. “This is a budget that is focused on the challenges and opportunities in the future for California agriculture,” CDFA Secretary Karen…