…These measures will help achieve a top priority in the Governor’s Water Action Plan – to “make conservation a California way of life.” Ross “California’s farmers and ranchers practice conservation…
Organizations Urge Appropriators to Protect Conservation Funding
…conservation programs through the appropriations process. The letter underscores the importance of leaving funding intact for key farm bill conservation programs, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Stewardship Program…
Bats, Allies to Farmers, Return Home to Roost in Spring
…of farmer perceptions of wildlife recently published online in Conservation Letters, a journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. “Most of the farmers surveyed reported that they like bats and…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…coincided with reductions in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land and pastureland. Most of the counties with ethanol plants where 2012 cropland exceeded 1997, 2002, or 2007 levels are located in…
NCC Conveys Farm Law Priorities
…NCC was the need for adjustments to the extra-long staple loan program and competitiveness program and steps to improve crop insurance and conservation programs, which are integral parts of many…
Seed Industry to “Storm the Hill”
…Farm Bill and funding for critical research and conservation programs, Congress is debating serious issues that will affect the seed industry’s ability to continue meeting the evolving needs of farmers,…
USDA Offers Renewal Options for Expiring Conservation Stewardship Program Contracts
The Department of Agriculture has announced a contract renewal sign-up is underway for the Conservation Stewardship Program, USDA’s largest working lands conservation program with more than 80 million acres enrolled….
Almond Board: Big Increase for Low-Dust Incentive
…don’t need to purchase the equipment to take advantage of the incentive. From the Almond Board of California: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has raised its rate of financial…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…profitability, and conservation of the U.S. alfalfa forage industry. Funding is made through NIFA’s Alfalfa and Forage Research Program (AFRP). “Alfalfa and other forage crops have great potential as high-value,…
California and Australia – a Continuing Partnership
…Gunasekara, CDFA Science Advisor; Paul Wenger, California Farm Bureau Federation; Carlos Suarez, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Jan Hopmans, University of California, Davis; Dave Long, Hilltop Ranch/Merced Irrigation District; Emily…
Air Quality Discussions Include ‘No-Farm Days’
…said setting a mandate to replace all almond harvesters by that time is almost impossible. A program through the Natural Resources Conservation Service can help growers replace harvesters, and some…
Trump Executive Order Reverses American Climate Change Progress, Leadership
…of carbon storage in the soils of family farmers, ranchers, and agro-foresters. NFU supports the creation of new agriculture-based markets that reward those that practice and implement conservation techniques scientifically…
USDA Targets $6 Million for Wildfire Relief
…and fencing – but in some cases, homes, machinery and equipment, as well. EQIP, administered by USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, is a voluntary conservation program that provides financial and…
Ag Subcommittee Evaluates Effectiveness of Forestry Initiatives
Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-03), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, held a hearing to evaluate the effectiveness of the forestry initiatives in the 2014 Farm…