…Water Act mandates disclosure of information concerning permit issuance. For livestock and poultry farmers without a Clean Water Act permit, the court concluded that so long as the farmer’s personal…
Kern Ag Community Continues to Promote Successful Spray Safe Effort
While pesticide spray drift incidents are dramatically down in Kern County, area farm interests continue to meet and discuss ways to further enhance safety. Farmers, pest control advisors and applicators…
Nationwide USDA Organic Survey Underway
Study of Organic Agriculture Production will Help Develop Programs for Producers The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just kicked off the Organic Survey to gather detailed data on U.S. organic…
ASTA Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference Underway in Tampa
…the scene as once again ASTA meeting attendees are learning how critical consumer food interests are to what goes on at the farm. ASTA Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference Underway…
Farm Bill and ARC/PLC Decision Aid Tool Workshops
University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) and USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) have partnered to offer free informational workshops at three locations. The purpose of…
Atwater FFA Students Advance to Regional Speaking Finals
The Atwater High School FFA joined 120 FFA members, representing thirteen high school agriculture programs in the Merced-Mariposa FFA Public Speaking Sectional at Merced College January 24. The “top 4”…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…Tuesday, February 24, 2015. To apply electronically, visit http://www.grants.gov or contact a local NRCS office. Today’s announcement was made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill. The 2014 Farm Bill builds…
Who Is The Farm Program Decision Maker on Rented Land?
With so many farmers renting a lot of their land, who gets to make the important Farm Bill decisions about such things as base acre reallocation? Who Is The Farm…
Shellfish Growers Get Farm Bill Help
The new farm bill had a little something for shellfish growers. Shellfish Growers Get Farm Bill Help…
WUD, NRCS, and Audubon California Working Together
…Blackbird populations, with the goal of finding a sustainable solution for management of colonies on farms and saving the species from extinction. In addition to using working lands programs and…
Agri View: Gone Symbol
Everett Griner talks about American farm icons vanishing in today’s Agri View. Gone Symbol…
Western View: California Warming
Len Wilcox wonders how a warming world will affect how we farm. Global Warming It’s no surprise to anyone living in the western United States that 2014 was the warmest…
UC Makes Gains in Rebuilding its Extension Service
…the work that farmers and farm advisors do together is not only important to the success of his family’s operation, but having Pope come out to the farm to diagnose…
Use of Fumigant to Face Additional State Restrictions
…of scientific studies and data collection regarding chloropicrin. Farmers and their families live in the areas in which they farm, and no one cares more about safe application practices than…