Crop advisers in California and Arizona have the opportunity to register for the August 5, 2016 CCA Exam until June 24, 2106. The exam will be given in Sacramento, Tulare,…
Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Results
…including, but not limited to, tillage management, cover crops, and grassed waterways. Through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), NRCS will invest approximately $300 million in practices in Fiscal Year…
New Regulations for Groundwater Management
…Sustainability Agencies or Local Agencies. The regulations cover such provisions as technical and reporting standards, sustainable management criteria, monitoring, evaluation and assessment, and plan amendments. The proposed GSP regulations are…
Crop Production Report
…nut drop. Peaches – The California 2016 peach crop is forecast at 580,000 tons, up 4 percent from 2015. The California Freestone crop is forecast at 260 thousand tons, up…
No Changes for California Citrus
Mark Hudson, USDA/NASS, Washington DC, issued the May citrus crop forecast with no increases were reported for California due to the April numbers being carried over. Increases for Florida in…
Leaders Say Lemon Proposal ‘Defies Logic’
…crop safety. “This (move) follows on the heels of proposed rules allowing Chilean lemons into the country under less stringent protocols to avoid invasive pest and diseases. The Chilean rule…
People’s Garden
…green roof, wildlife and pollinator-friendly landscaping, and a bat house. An assortment of sustainable gardening practices are on display, including gardening with native plant species, crop rotation and cover cropping,…
Agri View: Weather Losses
…depend on changing global market conditions as well as responses to local climate stressors, including farmers adjusting planting patterns in response to altered crop yields and crop species, seed producers…
$10 Million in Green Energy Research
…genomic research on bioenergy feedstock crops, to development of biofuel conversion processes and costs/benefit estimates of renewable energy production. Through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), USDA is incentivizing more…
Certain Rains Increase Almond Bacterial Spot
…only discovered a few years ago in the Central Valley and some growers aren’t familiar with it. Pomology tree crop advisor David Doll says we haven’t seen a big problem…
Conservation Reserve Program Results
…and future use, new and underserved producer involvement, maximum grassland preservation, vegetative cover, pollinator habitat and various other environmental factors. Participants in CRP establish long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as…
Strengthen Rural Communities
…and competitiveness of small and medium-sized dairy, poultry, livestock, crop, forestry, and other commodity operations. Small and Medium-Sized Farms: Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Ala., $480,000 Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala., $480,000…
Western View: Senior Citizens Supporting Marijuana?
…led to marijuana being classified as bad as heroin, and outlawed the growing of hemp, which used to be a highly profitable crop. New developments in medical marijuana include new…
Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund
…in the crop protection, agricultural production and processing, precision agriculture, and information and data management sectors. “This fund is unique among other licensed RBICs in that it has broad support…