…wildfire-prone areas to double-check their properties to ensure all fire safety measures have been taken. Gov. Brown has declared a state of emergency in California, to help mobilize additional firefighting…
Drought Costs California Agriculture $1.84 Billion and 10,100 Jobs in 2015
…as farmers pump deeper and drill more wells. Some of the heavy pumping is in basins already in severe overdraft — where groundwater use greatly exceeds replenishment of aquifers —…
Medfly Quarantine in Portion of San Diego County
…link to the quarantine map may be found here:www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/medfly/regulation.html. To eradicate the infestation, the release of sterile male Medflies began on August 10, at a rate of 250,000 flies per…
SuperTracker-part 2
…weight goal on your terms and your time frame. SuperTracker-part 2 Check out the USDA supertracker.usda.gov website! Listen to information about the SuperTracker tool in Cathy’s part 1 segment here….
New Online Tool to Help Lose and Maintain Weight
Cathy Isom tells us about the new online tool to help you lose the weight, keep it off and where to find it. Super Tracker Check out the USDA supertracker.usda.gov…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review August 14
…this edition of USDA Week In Review: Dealing with drought in Texas, feeding children in Africa, and alternatives to antibiotics. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.nrcs.usda.gov www.fas.usda.gov www.ars.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
California State Climatologist: Do Not Count on El Nino to End Drought
…now which will impact the rain/snow boundary for any storms that materialize this winter. For more detail and information on the unpredictable nature of the El Niño phenomenon, visit: http://water.ca.gov/waterconditions/docs/Drought_ENSO_handout4.pdf….
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review August 7
…The high price of firefighting, checking trees to save them, National Farmers Market Week, and Feds Feed Families. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fs.fed.us www.aphis.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov www.usda.gov/fedsfeedfamilies blogs.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
Food Safety Questions & Answers at your Fingertips
…Meat and Poultry hotline online at USDA.gov. Along with looking up answers to questions you can also submit a question through email using askkaren.gov and they will reply to you….
Hearing on Proposed California Federal Milk Order
…of dairy farmer cooperatives including California Dairies, Dairy Farmers of America and Land O’ Lakes. Additional proposals were submitted by the Dairy Institute of California, California Producer Handler Association and…
USDA Video: El Niño and Drought Relief
…early and strong El Niño could be sending rain to places that really need it. Rippey explains what is in store for California. For more information go to: www.usda.gov http://www.usda.gov/oce/weather/…
Farmer to Farmer Network – A Communications Link
Cathy Isom tells us about a new way for Farmers to share ideas and learn from each other. Farmer Networks…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review July 31
…Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review: Relief for the California drought? And art against food waste. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.usda.gov/oce/weather/ www.usda.gov/oce www.rd.usda.gov blogs.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
California Producers Reminded of Nearing Deadline to Submit Nominations for Farm Service Agency County Committees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) California Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Oscar Gonzales, today reminded farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that they have until Aug. 3, 2015,…