…awarding $12.5 million in grants and loans to support the installation of 17 anaerobic digesters and biogas systems in California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Washington….
Almond Update: EQIP Program
…EQIP Program for Almonds Report From Almonds.com The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering up to three years of financial incentives through its Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) to…
Crop Production Report
…included the commodities: Almonds – The 2016 California almond production (shelled basis) is forecast at 2.00 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the 2015 production of 1.89 billion pounds. The…
Conserve Energy and Save Costs
…of USDA’s Medium page, How Food and Forestry Are Adapting to a Changing Climate. Since 2009, USDA Rural Development (#USDARD) has invested $11 billion to start or expand 103,000 rural…
Agri View: Weather Losses
…$330 billion per year in agricultural commodities, with contributions from livestock accounting for roughly half of that value (Figure 6.1). Production of all commodities will be vulnerable to direct impacts…
$10 Million in Green Energy Research
…reduce greenhouse gases. For more information, visit the latest chapter of USDA’s Medium page, How Food and Forestry Are Adapting to a Changing Climate. Since 2009, NIFA has invested in…
Agri View: Pollinator Extinction
…to our own well-being.” Crops that need help from pollinators include coffee, apples, cacao, cotton, mangoes and almonds, to name just a few. We’re also talking big business: “The annual…
Almond Board: Upcoming Workshops
…From the Almond Board, at almonds.com: Save the date for a weed identification and management workshop near you: May 10 – Arbuckle (Nickels Soil Lab, Green Bay Road) May 11…
ABC Expands Elementary Educational Program
…activity book, which insert the teaching of agriculture — specifically almonds — into the classroom. “California is the number one agricultural-producing state, with 80% of the world’s almonds grown here,”…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
UC releases new cost studies for growing almonds UC Agricultural Issues Center has released three new studies on the cost and returns of growing almonds in the Sacramento and San…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…of commodities eligible for Farm Storage Facility Loan. Eligible commodities now include aquaculture; floriculture; fruits (including nuts) and vegetables; corn, grain sorghum, rice, oilseeds, oats, wheat, triticale, spelt, buckwheat, lentils,…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…nutrient-dense almonds. At the same time, there are concerns about competition for limited resources in California, raising questions such as: What has this tree inrease replaced? What are the implications…
Slightly Higher Acres Removed in Almond Report
…the previous high prices for almonds. Prices have dropped significantly however, and producers are taking those trees out of production. Doll says the other factor is water scarcity and price….
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…growers is unlikely to ever attain 100 percent completeness. ·It is difficult for USDA, NASS to detect growers that are planting almonds for the first time. The detailed data reflects…