USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners committed to protecting and conserving environmentally sensitive land may now sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The…

USDA Selects 2014 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows

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…experiences will add to their institutions’ educational capacities. HSIs are accredited and degree-granting institutions of higher education with a full-time Hispanic student enrollment of 25 percent or more. Through partnerships…

Earl Williams Receives Distinguished Service Award

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…Agricultural Energy Consumers Association and the California Agricultural Education Foundation, which oversees the California Ag Leadership Program.He also is a founding member and past chairman of the AgriBusiness President’s Council….

Ag Leadership Names Four New Board Members

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…serves as chief executive officer of various California agricultural companies, including Agriland Farming Company, Inc.; Agri Systems, Inc.; Agri Capital, Inc.; Madera Ag Supply, Inc.; and Growers Fig Company, Inc….

USDA, Partners Usher In a New Era In Conservation

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…program funding directed to critical conservation areas, chosen by the agriculture secretary; 40 percent directed to regional or multi-state projects through a national competitive process; and 25 percent directed to…

USDA Launches New Resources at ChooseMyPlate.gov to Help Cost-Conscious Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices

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WASHINGTON, May 27, 2014 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled Healthy Eating on a Budget – the newest addition to ChooseMyPlate.gov. Consumers continue to want more information about…

‘Huge Step for Drought Legislation’

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…has some long term solutions. Solutions he would like to get into a new proposal, but they realize that siting funding for those projects is key. Costa on Drought Legislation…