…beneficial and cost-effective manner. Resulting conservation and environmental benefits include improved water and air quality, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, improved energy conservation, improved grazing and forest lands, and created…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…mapped fallow fields that had abundant Russian thistle. As disking and sheep grazing of mapped fallow fields continues, they are eliminated as potential treatment areas. Mapped potential treatment fields will…
California Farm Service Agency Deadline for Livestock Forage Program (LFP)
…poultry, reindeer, sheep or swine that have been or would have been grazing the eligible grazing land or pastureland. Producers forced to liquidate their livestock may also be eligible for…
California Gets $22 Million from USDA for Conservation Programs
…and related sectors of the economy. “Conservation easements help farmers and ranchers protect valuable agricultural lands from development, restore lands that are best suited for grazing, and return wetlands to…
USDA Provides $328 Million to Conserve Wetlands and Farmland, Boost Economy
…recreation and related sectors of the economy. “Conservation easements help farmers and ranchers protect valuable agricultural lands from development, restore lands that are best suited for grazing, and return wetlands…
Livestock Producers Urged to Enroll in Disaster Assistance Program by Oct. 1
…equine, goats, llamas, poultry, reindeer, sheep or swine that have been or would have been grazing the eligible grazing land or pastureland. Producers forced to liquidate their livestock may also…
Drought Lessons from a Sheep Rancher
…fencing and the rotational grazing, we seem to be doing OK through this drought period.” Ken Tate, a plant sciences professor and a Cooperative Extension rangeland watershed specialist, recently surveyed…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…CAT on Crops Used for Grazing: On April 15, RMA issued a guidance document to amend the Special Provisions of Insurance for the annual forage policy. This amendment sets forth…
USDA FSA Announces Online Hay and Grazing Acres Locator Tool
…acres available for grazing. If, due to extenuating circumstances, producers are in need of hay and/or grazing acres to support livestock, please use Hay Net to post an advertisement seeking…
USDA Announces New Support for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
…for new and beginning farmers which will allow routine, prescribed, and emergency grazing outside the primary nesting season on enrolled land consistent with approved conservation plans. Previously, farmers and ranchers…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…to those who are protecting fallowed land from wind erosion using cover crops, mulching and other methods. Grazing management and water development to protect California rangeland ecosystems is also receiving…
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
…retired farmers and ranchers who transition expiring CRP acres to socially disadvantaged, military veteran, or beginning producers who return the land to sustainable grazing or crop production. Sign up will…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…filing and continue through the November 30, 2014 actuarial filing. Prohibition of CAT on Crops Used for Grazing: On April 15, 2014, RMA issued a guidance document to amend the…
Sign-Up Begins Today for USDA Disaster Assistance Programs Restored by Farm Bill
…the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) will provide payments to eligible producers for livestock deaths and grazing losses that have occurred since the expiration of the livestock disaster assistance programs in…