With closure of the public comment period for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)/California WaterFix’s Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Review (EIR) documents, the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority,…
USDA Ranks High in EPA Report on Renewable Energy Use
…use of American made renewable energy and biobased fuels and products through investments in research, international trade promotion, conservation and renewable energy production. Learn more at the USDA Energy Web….
The Western View : Internet of Things
…efficiency for fuel conservation – throw a load on the back, and it is working for power. Get on a slick road and the 4 wheel drive engages, sending power…
Industry Leaders Back Recharge Project
…Conservation program. Sustainable Conservation is a non-profit that regularly works with growers and they will handle the data collection from landowners testing the practice. That data will then be analyzed…
USDA Issues Safety-Net Payments to Farmers Facing Market Downturn
…access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality…
USDA/NRCS Video: California Soil Health Partnership
…crop, number 2 is crop rotation, number 3 is compost, number 4 is conservation tillage and number 5 is controlled traffic and each one of them has their own value…
USDA Invests in Locally-Led Conservation Projects Through New Regional Conservation Partnership Program
…federal conservation investment and target conservation goals on a regional or watershed scale. RCPP empowers local leaders to work with multiple partners-such as private companies, local and tribal governments, universities,…
El Nino and Drought Could Deliver a One-Two Punch to Unprotected Soils
Plowing and shaping fields in the fall is common practice in many parts of California, but the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is recommending a different strategy this year. “Let…
California Ag Leads the Nation in Funding for Specialty Crops
…and conservation, and plant health and pest management. Selected through a competitive process, these projects include, but are not limited to: expanding opportunities for specialty crop producers, marketing orders, and…
Statement by the President on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…management practices. TPP also requires that the 12 countries promote long-term conservation of whales, dolphins, sharks, sea turtles, and other marine species, as well as to protect and conserve iconic…
2015 Water Year Hottest and Driest on Record – From the California Department of Water Resources
…this interstate supply continued to receive their full allotments. A look back at the water year would not be complete without noting the water conservation efforts undertaken in earnest by…
USDA Announces $8.8 Million to Support a Diverse Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…The United Christian Community Association $114,300 Alaska Alaska Tribal Conservation Alliance $86,286 Alaska University of Alaska Fairbanks $75,134 Arizona Developing Innovation in Navajo Education $199,348 Arkansas University of Arkansas System…
Infographics Show Impact of #WomeninAg
…first-person accounts from women like Carissa Koopmann Rivers, a fifth generation cow/calf rancher from Sunol, California, Casey Cox, the Executive Director of the Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District,…
USDA Funds New Pilot Project
…and corn growers greater access to greenhouse gas markets like those under California’s cap-and-trade program. The $960,000 project is part of a $20.5 million allocation from the USDA Conservation Innovation…