…expanding access to rural credit, developing new markets for rural-made products, and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve the quality of life in rural America. For…
USDA Announces $235 Million Available for Innovative New Conservation Partnerships
…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 products; and investing in infrastructure, housing…
California Cuts Habitat Fix for Delta Project
…skeptics, of course, on anything that’s bold,” he said. “Make no mistake, the hardest water issue in California is about our infrastructure and our ecosystem in the Delta.” Funds for…
Gov. Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
…change impacts into the state’s Five-Year Infrastructure Plan; – Update the Safeguarding California Plan – the state climate adaption strategy – to identify how climate change will affect California infrastructure…
Cotton Acreage May be Lowest Since the 1920s
…will be the third year in a row that cotton planting has dwindled. Last year, Isom warned farmers that a continued decrease in acres would affect infrastructure. Once a signature…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…improvements. Water tunnels beneath the Delta are another key infrastructure project under consideration. Tunnels would be expensive, but for some farmers and urban residents, the greater reliability and quality improvement…
USDA to Issue Disaster Assistance to Help Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
…markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit http://www.usda.gov/farmbill. To learn more about…
McCarthy Statement on California Water Restrictions
…survived. Unfortunately, state officials have turned their back on this proven infrastructure system. “Today’s order is the culmination of failed federal and state policies that have exacerbated the current drought…
Gov. Brown Directs First-Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
…and enforcement actions by local water suppliers. Streamline Government Response The order: Prioritizes state review and decision-making of water infrastructure projects and requires state agencies to report to the governor’s…
Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Approximately $23 Million Available for Citrus Greening Research
…management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to…
Governor Brown Signs $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
…legislation – AB 91 and AB 92 – that fast-tracks more than $1 billion in funding for drought relief and critical water infrastructure projects. “This funding is just one piece…
USDA Extends ARC and PLC Deadlines
…innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information,…
Western View: Drought Crisis Response Is Too Little
…with the drought this year. The program funds emergency assistance for workers, expands water conservation programs and builds infrastructure. As far as it goes, it’s a good and responsible reaction…
Farm Leader: Emerency Legislation Underscores Drought Crisis
…them through this difficult time.” While tackling the short-term crisis, Wenger said, the state should also improve management of existing water infrastructure and adapt it to meet future needs. “Many…