…2015. Corn: California farmers expect to harvest 75 thousand acres for grain 2016, up by 25 percent from 2015. Nevada’s corn growers planted 5.0 thousand acres in 2016, 150 percent…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…the projects can be found at http://resources.ca.gov/ecorestore. To learn more about Fish and Wildlife’s efforts to protect and preserve the state’s fish and wildlife through drought, please visit https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Drought. …
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
…through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which is authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “Each year, climate change poses uncertain and varied challenges for American farmers and producers…
CA Welcomes Farmers Market Proclamation
California welcomes proclamation of National Farmers Market Week in August by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Farmers Market in San Francisco, California Tom Vilsack recently signed…
Commodity Carnival
…our connection to the farmers, families and communities who fuel our economy,” said CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy. “Increasingly, the challenges facing agriculture and food security will…
MAIZALL, USTR Urge Cooperation on Biotech Trade
U.S. farmer-leaders of MAIZALL, the international maize alliance, urged global cooperation on biotech trade at last week’s Global Agribusiness Forum in Brazil. The farmers called on the agriculture sectors and…
Basin Boundary Modifications Update
…modification submissions please contact your DWR Region Office Representatives. Northern Region Office (Red Bluff) – Bill Ehorn, Ehorn@water.ca.gov North Central Region Office (West Sacramento) – Bill Brewster, Brewster@water.ca.gov South Central…
NMPF Endorses Legislation
…of Representatives that would clarify the exemption of dairy farms and other livestock producers from being subject to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which governs the safe disposal…
Water Challenges Make Conservation Standard
…the amount water being delivered to farmers. We gotta have some resolution. We want to see fish populations return, but we gotta be able to deliver water to farmers reliably.”…
Foodkeeper App Improved
…updates. For those that do not have access to a smartphone, the FoodKeeper app can also be accessed at FoodSafety.gov/FoodKeeper. Throughout the month of July, at the height of summer…
Conservation: The California Lifestyle
…listed above. For more information and an online look at DWR’s exhibits, Conservation: The California Lifestyle, visit www.water.ca.gov/turf/statefair. To learn more about the State’s Turf and Toilet Rebates, visit www.water.ca.gov….
FARM at 49th AABP Conference
National Dairy FARM Program to Lead One-Day Session at 49th Annual AABP Conference The National Milk Producers Federation’s Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program will host a full day of…
Farming from the Heart- Our Future
…year we start all over again. This applies to more than just production of food, it applies to our lives. It’s the way we, as farmers, ranchers, communicators and everything…
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Legislation
…will protect American farmers and small businesses while providing a consistent, transparent food disclosure framework for shoppers across America. “The Senate has provided all Americans a transparent and consistent system…