…suppression costs. “The House and Senate’s proposed budget allocations for the Forest Service’s state and private programs are signs that Congress is headed in the right direction when it comes…
Global Nutrition Coordination Plan Released
…Policy. The plan builds on U.S. initiatives, particularly Feed the Future and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. The Coordination Plan identifies six technical areas for…
NMPF Endorses Creating Tax Incentive Legislation
…farms, but as many as 8,000 farms have the potential to use them. In recent years, federal and state regulators have encouraged the entire agriculture sector to reduce farm nutrient…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…Manager, Statewide Water Planning, California Department of Water Resources -Brooks D. Ohlson, Director, Sacramento Center for International Trade Development -Alvar Escriva Bou, Public Policy Institute of California -Dillon L. Hosier,…
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…Center to expand the number of farmers’ markets and other farm-direct sites that offer Market Match from 153 at the start of 2015, to 263 in 2016. After one year…
New Website for Northern CA Producers
…need to get all of their information together in one place to make it easier for the industry to find. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Dani Lightle says the central location…
2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…food hubs, community supported agriculture programs (CSAs), farm-to-table restaurants and farmers’ markets. To become more inclusive of rural businesses, this year we have removed the requirement that businesses be located…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for June 14
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
NMPF Chairman Mooney Speaks on Capital Hill
…Mooney said that well-negotiated trade agreements have the potential to increase export opportunities for America’s dairy farmers, but he warned that the terms of free trade agreements must be tenaciously…
NACD Welcomes Bill To Keep Red Tape At Bay
…voluntary conservation programs from costly and unnecessary reporting requirements. “Federal reporting requirements were never intended to burden farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners,” NACD CEO Jeremy Peters said. “They were meant…
FARMS Students Report on Agriculture
…Taylor Hillman interview Central Valley Grower Matt Efird at the Fresno Farm Bureau. Efird talked about the challenges they face in farming which include water quality and efficiency. AgNet West’s…
Perfect Storm Leaves California Prunes Short
…the California Dried Plum Board as produced in 2015. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Dani Lightle says the timing couldn’t have been much worse for a few storm systems that rolled…
Insurance Considerations for Agritourism
Agritourism can be a good way for farmers to add value to their businesses, but there are things to consider as far as insurance goes. Sabrina Hill has more. Listen…
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…scientists around the world will be able to download and use this invaluable new resource to accelerate crop improvement programs and wheat genomics research. The dataset will facilitate the identification…