What is it that is helping farmers produce bigger and better crops, save money on fertilizer and pesticides? It is also creating a huge environmental problem. Everett Griner talks about…
Including Small Water Agencies in Management
…agency is specified for a basin, guidelines for high- and medium-priority basins, and participation of mutual water companies in a groundwater sustainability agency. This easy to read version of the…
Forming Local Water Management Proving Difficult
…Board intervention if no responsible agency is specified for a basin, guidelines for high- and medium-priority basins, and participation of mutual water companies in a groundwater sustainability agency. This easy…
Former Ag Secretaries Urge Congress to Pass TPP
…provisions such as enforceable labor and environmental provisions in developing countries—beyond mere tariff reductions—also help level the playing field for U.S. businesses and American exports, including agricultural products. No trade…
USDA Announces $350 Million Available to Help Landowners
…preventing conversion of productive working lands to non-agricultural uses, they also support environmental quality, wildlife habitat, historic preservation and protection of open spaces. Native American Tribes, state and local governments…
U.S. EPA Awards $1 Million Grant to Research Impact of Drought on Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $1 million grant to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) to conduct research on the effects of drought and extreme weather on…
Public Water Conversation in Central Valley
…of Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross and a panel of water managers, growers and environmental activists. Permanent Crops Trend Ross headlined the event with a one-on-one conversation with LA Times writer…
NRCS Handbook to Support Conservation on Organic Farms
…(NRCS) is making sure that its people in the field are prepared to work with organic producers and those who want to get into organics. The agency has just released…
Prather Ranch Named 2015 California Leopold Conservation Award Recipient
…Leopold Conservation Award is made possible thanks to generous contributions from American Ag Credit, The Harvey L. & Maud S. Sorenson Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, The Mosaic…
WOTUS Guidance Would Result in Continued Confusion
…implement this rule and initiate a new, more responsible, balanced and lawful rulemaking.” According to the letter, if the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers are allowed…
USDA Launches New Conservation Effort to Aid Monarch Butterflies
…to as far north as Canada. Their populations have declined significantly over the past two decades. NRCS’ effort contributes to a multi-agency, international strategy to increase the eastern population of…
CDFA Wants You!
…and Next Generation Specialty Crop Farmers III. A. Research: Environmental Stewardship and Conservation III. B. Research: Plant Health and Pest Management For a description of each funding category, please reference…
USDA Reminds Dairy Producers of Nov. 20 Deadline
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini today announced that almost half of all dairy farms in America have made their annual elections for 2016…
Senate Passes Resolution to Withdraw WOTUS Rule
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council appreciate the bi-partisan show of support in the Senate today against the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers’ “waters of…
