…and water savings due to conservation practices implemented by farmers is a major reason full delivery occurred.” Although California received $25 million for drought assistance to farmers through NRCS’s Environmental…
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 13
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For morer information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/us… http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/.. http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
…including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…as unprecedented water shortages force farmers into difficult decisions. Some farmers have decided to bulldoze groves; others will pay many times the usual price for water, in some cases just…
California Wheat Farmer Installed as USW Chairman
…and their work,” Motter said. “I am honored to continue representing all U.S. wheat farmers overseas, sharing the message that we grow the most reliable supply of high quality wheat…
Farmers Targeted in Phone Scam
…more on a new phone scam targeting farmers. Phone scam targets farmers Someone is targeting farmers in a new phone scam. They are calling farmers, identifying themselves as being with…
Proposed Expansion of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary
…for regulatory updates through the email notification ListServ at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/subscriptions/index.html#planthealth. For questions regarding the regulations or map, please email Dayna Napolillo (dayna.napolillo@cdfa.ca.gov) or Keith Okasaki (keith.okasaki@cdfa.ca.gov) or call (916) 654-0312….
Clean Water Rules Comment Period Extended
…to American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman – and a clear signal that America’s farmers know how to stand up and be counted. Stallman says EPA has misled the regulated…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…The new quarantine zone will connect existing quarantine zones already in place. A map is available online at: http://pi.cdfa.ca.gov/pqm/manual/pdf/maps/3435ACPTulareCounty.pdf Also, a single ACP has been detected west of Exeter near…
More Cling Peach Acreage Needed
California growers are getting an incentive to increase cling peach production. According to the California Farm Bureau, farmers who planted new cling peach orchards have the opportunity to get 20-year…
Funding Boost for Groundwater Banking Program
…overdraft in the region”, said Gary Serrato, General Manager of Fresno Irrigation District. More information on the funding can be found on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s website, here: http://www.usbr.gov/WaterSMART/weeg/docs/FY2014WaterSMARTWaterandEnergyEfficiency%20Grants.pdf…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…farmers, regardless of their crops or locations, and the creation of strong and lasting relationships between this nation’s current and future producer leaders. The 2014 tour’s producer participants include: Jarod…
Agri View: Up and Down Ride
Everett Griner talks about farmers struggle and the economic ride in today’s Agri View. Up and Down Ride…
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 6
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/u… http://www.usda.gov/fedsfeedfamilies http://www.usda.gov/oce/ http://www.dm.usda.gov/employ/diversi……