…possible through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership. The Partnership allows the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to work with farmers and landowners in implementing…
Value of U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol from a Global Perspective
…initiative not only helps U.S. cotton to be more attractive to international buys, it also encourages growers to implement practices to help improve production. “The farmers, the growers, they will…
The Western View: New Water Rules Spell Disaster
…who favor their friends over anyone else. It’s a crisis our governor could stop at any time, as he is the one creating it. On the face of it, it…
Water Supply Restrictions to Have Billion-Dollar Impact
…availability. “Adding that all up, we found some significant changes in water available to farmers that will result in, by our estimates, fallowing of about one-fifth of all the acres…
Ag Order 4.0 ‘Will Change the Way We Farm’
…and is now available for public review and comment. The regulation would expand monitoring and reporting requirements and establish a limitation on the amount of nitrogen that farmers can apply…
USDA Provides Healthy Meals to California Children Amid Coronavirus
…during times of need.” The waiver is effective immediately and will continue through June 30th. For more information visit www.fns.usda.gov Listen to the report. Danielle Leal Multi-Media Journalist & AgNet News…
Farming Incentives Being Offered by NRCS to Address Air Quality
…assistance is being made available through NRCS’ Environmental Quality Incentives Program, National Air Quality Initiative. “What the initiative does is that it financially assists farmers and ranchers to replace on-farm,…
Applications Being Accepted for Updated Healthy Soils Program
…to ensure we receive as many applications as possible,” CDFA Secretary Karen Ross said in a news release. “We want to make sure our farmers and ranchers can participate in…
The Western View: Farmers Get the Pork Into the Barrel
Agriculture has always been the base of American society. It was just as important to the Indigenous people that developed corn and squash crops as it was to the newcomers,…
CA Rep. Costa Drills Perdue on Trade During House Ag Committee Hearing
…how the department is working to back farmers and ranchers with programs such as the Market Facilitation Program and the Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Plus. The secretary then concluded…
Legislative Effort to Address California Nutria Problem Moves Forward
…the House of Representatives recently with unanimous support. “Nutria threaten farmers, indigenous wildlife, and our water infrastructure – it’s time to bring in the cavalry and drive them out of…
Curious Trend in Cover Cropping in California
…period, farmers throughout the rest of the country increased their implementation of cover crops by 50 percent. In working with growers and other industry members, Bowles identified a wide range…
Would Farmers Participate in a Carbon Trading System, Perdue Says “Absolutely”
…He went on to say farmers farm for the market and if there happen to be economic incentives to sequester carbon, farmers would participate. Perdue reiterated that USDA currently encourages…
AFBF Expands Mental Health Awareness Welcoming Farm State of Mind Campaign
…strong majority of farmers and farm workers say financial issues, farm or business problems and fear of losing the farm impact farmers’ mental health.” American Farm Bureau will expand mental…