…assistance and incentive-based programs provided in the Farm Bill, our nation’s farmers and ranchers are voluntarily reducing soil erosion, increasing wetlands, improving water quality, and preserving farmland and wildlife habitats….
Benefits of Farmers’ Markets
…vegetables are in season. 2. Support your local farmers and economy.You can help new and smaller farmers be successful and save farmland in your area. The Economic Research Service provides…
Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund
…managed fund products for clients ranging from technology-based venture capital to farmland portfolios. A uniting theme among all of Open Prairie’s private equity fund efforts has been a focus on…
Agri View: Foreigner’s Farmland
Everett Griner talks about foreigner’s buying up U. S. farmland in today’s Agri View. Foreigner’s Farmland From: CNBC Saudi Arabia buying up farmland in US Southwest by Jeff Daniels, coordinating…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…Department of Conservation, between 1984 and 2010, 1.1 million acres of California irrigated farmland and nearly 370,000 acres of non-irrigated farmland was lost to urbanization. An analysis of growth in…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…of acres of California farmland, these projects represent real-world gains in water use efficiency and greenhouse gas reductions,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “This program provides an important incentive for…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…million Californians and just under a million acres of irrigated farmland. The SWP provides the same allocation percentages to cities and farms Through the drought that began in 2012, agriculture…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…to manage these issues—domestic sheep. Instead of using traditional tilling machinery or herbicides, MSU’s project features domestic sheep that graze farmland to eliminate the cover crop and control weeds. The…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…Record-low hay and oat plantings are also expected. During the 2015 crop year, California farmland acres fallowed due to drought and unreliable surface water supplies were estimated at about 600,000,…
Lawsuit Challenges Metropolitan Water District’s Purchase of Delta Islands
…of complete exemption from environmental review for the proposed purchase of 20,000 acres of Delta islands and farmland is illegal and unjustified. The lawsuit, to be filed in San Joaquin…
Insight from Johnsongrass Mapping
…continent except Antarctica. It was introduced to the U.S. in the 1800s as a forage crop, but it quickly spread into surrounding farmland and natural environments, where it continues to…
Save the Bees
…That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Save the Honeybees From: American Farmland Trust Save the Bees by Kirsten Ferguson, Senior Writer & Editor at American Farmland Trust We…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
This year marks the start of reporting of nitrogen applications from the previous year. Under the revised Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, all growers on irrigated farmland in the Central Valley…
National Beer Day
…find a place to settle where the farmland would be rich and the climate congenial. Instead, they found themselves struggling with the stony soil and harsh winters of New England…