…to school also provides a significant and reliable market for local farmers and ranchers.” USDA’s Farm to School Grants fund school districts, state and local agencies, tribal nations, agricultural producers,…
CDFA Announces 2016 Funding for the SWEEP
…An estimated $16 million will be available for competitive grant funding to provide financial assistance to implement irrigation systems that reduce greenhouse gases and save water at California agricultural operations….
USDA Announces $350 Million Available to Help Landowners
Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $350 million to help landowners protect and restore key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands across the nation. The funding is provided through…
NRCS Handbook to Support Conservation on Organic Farms
New NRCS handbook to support conservation on organic farms From NRCS: By Ben Bowell and Lindsay Haines A new Handbook supports NRCS conservation planners and other agricultural professionals as they…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…U.S. agricultural products. In 2014, Japan ranked as our fifth largest market (behind China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union) accounting for over $13 billion in U.S. agricultural exports. With…
NFU Opposes Proposed Rule to Allow Beef Imports from Namibia
…Prior to the 2001 outbreak, the UK had gone 34 years without an outbreak.” “With an increasingly global agricultural economy, the U.S. should remain vigilant and adequately weigh the risks…
Cattlemen Urge Congress to Address Expired Tax Extenders Legislation
…capital assets, including agricultural equipment and buildings. “The failure to renew these expired provisions of the tax code will place additional burdens on farm and ranch families who are asset-rich…
Agri View: Pecan Truffles
…talks about pecan trees producing two different crops in today’s Agri View. Pecan Truffles Time Read more on Dr. Tim Brenneman, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Georgia. University of…
USDA Launches New Conservation Effort to Aid Monarch Butterflies
NRCS photo by Gene Barickman USDA is launching a new conservation effort to help agricultural producers provide food and habitat for monarch butterflies in the Midwest and southern Great Plains….
Charter of Milan Establishes Important Values for a Sustainable World
…goals as regulations guaranteeing rights to food for all; stronger legislation to promote the safeguarding of agricultural land; and the development of a system of open international trade, based on…
Citrus Crop Forecast: No Changes for California
Mark Hudson, USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington D.C., reported the November citrus crop forecast and California had no changes from the October forecast. Florida, on the other hand, had a…
NCBA’s Cattlemen’s College Set to Kick-off 23rd Year in San Diego
…off the bounty of California’s agricultural products and produce, sponsored by Zoetis. Jan. 27 will start with a general session hosted by Dr. Robert Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief…
Possible ACP Breeding Population in Central Valley
…Agricultural Commissioner Press Release The Kern County Agricultural Commissioner, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture continues to monitor the…
Statement from Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
…the regional and bilateral trade agreements that are already in place or are being negotiated by competitor countries. This high standard agreement will expand U.S. agricultural exports, generate more rural…