…This learning platform will help overcome implementation gaps and provide dairy producers with needed skills and resources. In addition to funding these three state projects, California will benefit from a…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
…academic institutions will receive funding for conservation projects. For example, the University of California will receive almost $229,000 for the second phase of a project to support using native bees…
Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller Discusses Conservation Projects
…resources. States receiving funding include: Ala., Alaska, Miss., Wis., Calif., S.C., Minn., Ariz., Fla., Kan., La., Iowa, Ill., Neb., Ohio, N.C., Ga., Wash., Okla., Texas, Ind., Ark., Mo., N.Y., N.D.,…
California Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report
…season due to a lack of funding. The data from the first two years were used for research purposes in developing crop-estimating models. Check out the full California Navel Orange…
California Gets $22 Million from USDA for Conservation Programs
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will benefit from USDA conservation funding. (Photo courtesy of CDFA.gov) (From CDFA) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that $328 million in conservation funding (more than $22…
California Labor Agency and California Community Colleges to Administer $1 Million Drought-related Training Program in the San Joaquin Valley
…service providers. Classes will begin in the fall of 2014. Funding for the program was made available through drought-aid legislation, which was passed with urgency by the State Legislature and…
USDA Provides $328 Million to Conserve Wetlands and Farmland, Boost Economy
…million in conservation funding is being invested to help landowners protect and restore key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands across the nation. The USDA initiative will benefit wildlife and promote outdoor…
Conservation, Industry Leaders Team Up to Restore Groundwater in California’s Central Valley
…a more sustainable water future for California.” California Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin, whose agency provided a majority of the funding for the project, said, “The Kings River…
Livestock Producers Urged to Enroll in Disaster Assistance Program by Oct. 1
…has 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…
Enrollment for New Dairy Farm Risk Management Program to Begin Sept. 2
…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…