…Blue Conservation Science, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Department of Water Resources, California Trout, Environmental Incentives, California Department of Conservation, Riparian Habitat Joint Venture (RHJV), and Audubon California. To me, it…
FSA and NRCS Officials Ask for Your Help in Controlling Palmer amaranth
…one plant can produce a quarter-million seeds. We are concerned that this weed may cause conservation planting stand failure and spread from conservation plantings into crop fields. It can greatly…
Earth Day Love
…parks with projects like habitat restoration. Other projects include native garden conservation, fence building, trail maintenance and beach cleanup. If you’re wanting to stay closer to home you could plant…
Food, Conservation Groups Invest in Soil to Sustain Food Production
A national effort to enhance farm sustainability through soil health has additional backing from a major consumer foods manufacturer. Leaders from General Mills, The Nature Conservancy, the Soil Health Institute…
Almond Board: Air Quality Programs
There are programs available for almond growers and others to help improve air quality. Ted Strauss, California Air Quality Conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service tells us more. More…
Monsanto Surpasses Pollinator Habitat Goal
…boost monarch habitat, honeybee health, reforestation, seed collection, and preservation. Monsanto is the primary corporate funder of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund. One result of…
State Releases Plan to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life
…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…






















