…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…
End of the Brucellosis Milk Surveillance Program in California
…national surveillance plan changed in 2009 to direct resources to the challenges from brucellosis in wildlife and eliminated funding for the brucellosis milk ring test (BRT) program and for brucellosis…
California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Climate Change and CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…In 2013, CDFA was awarded more than $18 million to enhance the competitiveness of the state’s specialty crop sector. Funding supported 64 projects that we selected through a competitive review…
Funding Focused on ACP Biological Control
Courtesy: UCANR The Tamarixia insect is a tiny bug that specifically feeds on the psyllid that spreads Huanglongbing disease. AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman has an update on the funding for…
Resources Not a Limiting Factor in HLB Fight
…California citrus growers. Resources Not a Limiting Factor in HLB Fight Chief Operating Officer of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation Dr. Harold Browning presented on how funding is being…
USDA Needs Funding to Fight Forest Fires
We continue our series on the USDA’s need for more funding for forest fire fighting efforts. Susan Carter has more. Forest Service Short of Funds…
Measure to Protect Female Farm Laborers
…1087 establishes new legal authority for the Labor Commissioner to take adverse license actions against sexual predators and increases funding for the Farm Labor Contractor Enforcement and License Verification units….
HLB Funding Showing Results
…in Florida and got an update on the funding that is being put into fighting the problem. HLB Funding Showing Results California and Florida’s citrus industries are in 2 drastically…
California Raisin Grape Objective Measurement Report
…funding for the 2014 Raisin O.M. Survey. SURVEY HISTORY The collection of objective measurement data on the California grape crop began in 1956. Grape bunches were counted, measured, and weighed…
Cotton Transition Assistance Program Enrollment Begins Next Week
…made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…than six times the $394 million that is available in funding for the first year. In the coming months, USDA will begin awarding funding for RCPP projects designed by local…
2013 California Almond Nursery Sales Report
…Regional Office, California sincerely appreciates the nurseries for providing the information. A special thanks is due to the Almond Board of California for providing funding and support for this special…
USDA Announces Grants to Help Veterans and Minority Farmers Get Started in Agriculture
…farming and ranching. The funding, provided through the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program, also known as the 2501 Program, will…
Subsidized Pump Test Program
…make the upgrades necessary, something Green says is just an added bonus after a few years. The program has been so popular that the funding available is dwindling and if…