…on water use? And what are the implications for California overall? According to a recent analysis of almond acreage by Sacramento-based agricultural and environmental consulting firm Land IQ, almond acreage…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
Subcommittee Examines Factors Impacting Cost of Production Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, held a hearing to highlight the positive…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…innovative approaches to the production of renewable chemicals and materials from biomass resources. For example, industrial biotechnology company Lygos Inc. announced in early 2015 that it had successfully achieved pre-pilot-scale…
EPA Efforts To Address Pollinator Health
An Environmental Protection Agency official shared recently with farm broadcasters his agency’s efforts to address pollinator health concerns. Efforts that include state managed pollinator protection plans and taking another look…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
USDA Establishes New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers to FSA Programs Minority, Women, New and Beginning, Military Veteran and Urban Producers to Receive Training and Information on Agency Services The…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…in nine states including Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. The financial assistance is available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to install and…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…in infrastructure replacement needs” in water systems if they were not replaced. In the next 20 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates the total cost of revitalizing water pipes…
Keys (2.0) of Soil Taxonomy available in Spanish
…As the world struggles with global warming and other environmental challenges, having a universally accepted method that can be applied when soil problems are addressed will contribute to successful outcomes….
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…such incentive programs comes through the Environmental Farming Act of 1995. The Act mandates that the Department establish and oversee an Environmental Farming Program to provide incentives to farmers whose…
Dairy Groups Thank Senators
…that the U.S. government shoulder the costs to enforce protection for hundreds of EU geographical indications in the U.S. domestic market. The senators cited two earlier letters that urged negotiators…
U.C. Berkeley Recognized
U.C. Berkeley Recognized in U.S. EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of its fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a design competition created to engage…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
…environmental benefits. In a bewildering contrast, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with a few extreme environmental groups, continue to take the latter approach, undermining the hard work of USDA…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…the agency’s Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan and $25 million of additional funding for research on antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic alternatives through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and/or its…
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…Group includes representatives from the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA NIFA, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, Environmental Protection Agency, State Departments of Agriculture from California, Florida, Texas and…
