Farmers Have Until April 7 to Update Yields, Reallocate Base Acres, and Make Final Selections Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provided farm owners and producers one additional week, until April 7,…
Citrus Industry This Week: HLB Research Reports; Aerial Technology
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes reports from the recent HLB Grower Day and UAV Applications in Agriculture Workshop held at the Citrus Research and Education…
California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Agricultural Trade and Workforce Immigration Issues in San Diego
From CDFA Meetings on March 31st and April 1st The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will focus on agricultural trade and workforce immigration issues at its upcoming meetings…
Kern County Farm Bureau Brings Awareness to Potential Funding Issues for the Biomass Industry
…CA. The Biomass industry is very important to Kern County agriculture and the San Joaquin Air District. Biomass energy is a carbon-neutral electricity source generated by combustion of organic material,…
UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center Seeks Funding for Continued Innovation; Limagrain First to Answer Call
The Seed Biotechnology Center at the University of California,Davis,recently called on members of the agriculture, biotechnology and seed industries to help meet a $2.5 million, fundraising goal set to establish…
Atwater FFA Sweeps Merced College FFA Field Day
Atwater FFA members joined over 1400 registered agriculture high school students throughout California at the Merced College Field Day on March 21st and earned top honors with another strong showing….
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review March 20
…bringing jobs back to the U.S., picturing women in agriculture, kids talk nutrition and being climate wise with Woodsy Owl. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.rd.usda.gov www.fns.usda.gov www.fs.fed.us www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
NCBA and PLC Accepting Fall Internship Applications
…an application is April 15, 2015. “Growing up in California, I’ve witnessed a host of political decisions that do not always support production agriculture,” said Ben Granholm, a senior at…
Farm and Nutrition Day at the Fresno Fairgrounds
This slideshow requires JavaScript. More than 40 schools in 14 districts throughout Fresno County showed up to the Fresno Fairgrounds to learn about agriculture at the Fresno County Farm Bureau’s…
Alexis Taylor Speaks to CA Farm Leaders
…about the Trans Pacific Partnership and Trade Promotion Authority. AgNet West News Director Sabrina Hill spoke with Taylor about why she says both are important to California agriculture. Alexis Taylor…
Farm Leader: Emerency Legislation Underscores Drought Crisis
…people who study the climate say we may have more years such as this, with California receiving a few heavy rainstorms and not much snow,” he said. “We need to…
Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Announce $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
…bond funding to make the state more resilient to the disastrous effects of climate change and help ensure that all Californians have access to local water supplies. “This unprecedented drought…
Agri View: U.S./Cuba Trade
Everett Griner talks about improved Cuban trade being a plus for agriculture in today’s Agri View. U.S. / Cuba Trade…
USDA Provides $57.9 Million to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases through the 2014 Farm Bill Section 10007
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $57.9 million in funding, provided by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Farm Bill), to support project suggestions from…









