…the Border 2020 Program and are part of the overall environmental funding available for the California/Baja California and Arizona/Sonora regions. The funds will be matched by an additional $354,746 in…
CATA Comments on Governor Brown’s Budget Proposal Eliminating Agricultural Education Incentive Grant
In his 2014-15 State Budget released last week, Governor Brown proposed the complete elimination of funding for the Agricultural Education Incentive Grant, which supports high quality Agricultural Education standards in…
EPA West Coast Collaborative Announces Grants
…Pacific Northwest Tribes that have been selected to receive 2013 DERA funding. More information about these DERA grants can be found at: http://www.westcoastcollaborative.org/. For more information about the National Clean…
More on USDA Emergency Response Framework
…it has changed the Florida citrus industry. But Vilsack says programs like this all depend on the passage of the farm bill, because without the farm bill there’s no funding….
Funding for Value-Added Producer Grants
There’s new funding availability for Value-Added Producer Grants. Julie McPeake has the story. Click to open or download audio report….
California Conservation Investment by NRCS, Farmers and Ranchers Surpasses $200 Million in Federal Fiscal Year 2013
…is to help farmers and ranchers achieve and balance both production and conservation goals. By combining Farm Bill funding opportunities with sound conservation planning and technical expertise, we can help…
CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant Technical Review Committee
…and nursery crops (including floriculture). Grant awards range from $50,000 to $400,000 per project. Funding is contingent upon passage of a Farm Bill and available funding from the United States…
Funding for Conservation Programs
Some USDA conservation programs are currently accepting applications for funding, while funding for others expired due to the Farm Bill expiration. Rod Bain has more. Click to open or download…
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…to $400,000 per project. Funding is contingent upon passage of a Farm Bill and availability of funding from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service. The competitive process…
Agriculture Education at Stake
The future of California agriculture could be at stake if the Governor follows through with eliminating the Agriculture Education Incentive Grant. Brown approved continued funding for the program with hesitation…
2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Workshops
…provided. Funding for the 2014 SCBGP is contingent upon passage of a Farm Bill and availability of funding from the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA, AMS)….
NASS Announces Changes to November Crop Production Report
…be included in the 2013 Annual Crop Production report scheduled for release in January 2014. NASS cancelled the October Crop Production report due to the lapse in federal funding and…
USDA Announces Cancellation and Postponement of Selected Reports Impacted by the Lapse in Federal Funding
…impacted by the lapse in federal funding. NASS’s Crop Production and Cotton Ginnings reports and the WAOB’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) scheduled for October 11th are canceled….
Statement by Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation President, On Farm Bill Expiration
…process in order, get our national economy back on track and move forward on legislation important to agriculture, such as the farm bill, immigration and tax reform and waterways funding.”…