…establishing 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…
USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs
…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 and community facilities…
USDA, Partners Usher In a New Era In Conservation
…to supporting local conservation goals, clean land and water investments create jobs in local communities. Conservation work involves building and maintaining infrastructure—building terraces in fields or restoring wetlands, which requires…
Groundwater Discussions at CDFA Meeting
…Food and Agriculture. “How we address surface water through storage, infrastructure and operations is as equally important. Farmers throughout the state need to remain engaged in these important discussions.” The…
USDA Announces Effort to Cut Energy Costs for Farmers, Ranchers, Rural Small Businesses
…communities. Under the President’s leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way – strengthening America’s economy, small towns and…
Statement from Ag Sec. Vilsack on Updated 2012 Census of Agriculture Data
…help grow the rural economy from the middle out. The data illustrate the power of USDA efforts to grow the economy and strengthen infrastructure in rural America, create new market…
Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions
…will implement projects that respond to drought conditions through habitat restoration and through water infrastructure projects on property owned or managed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife or the…
Drought Brings New Attention to Groundwater
…crisis, driven by decades of inaction. It is now incumbent upon those currently in the Legislature and responsible agencies to develop an effective water infrastructure framework for the future of…
Farm Bureau Encourages House and Senate to Work Together on Water Legislation
…conveyance and storage infrastructure statewide to capture rain and snow melts. A comprehensive solution should including the following key provisions: In the Short Term: · Immediate relief from the Endangered…
Costa Introduces Bills to Increase CA Water Storage
…in California’s water infrastructure and expedite construction on existing storage projects to improve water reliability across the state. The current drought has highlighted the dire need for long-term water solutions,…
Water Crisis Results from Years of Inaction
…the saying goes, you reap what you sow, and our state and federal governments have failed miserably at providing the resources and infrastructure to adapt to changing climatic conditions,” Wenger…
Gov. Brown, Legislative Leaders Announce Emergency Drought Legislation
…Improving Water Supplies • $549 million from the accelerated expenditure of voter-approved bonds, Proposition 84 and Proposition 1E, in the form of infrastructure grants for local and regional projects that…
Federal Drought Aid Coming to California; Long Term Solution Sought
…start building new infrastructure, to start having new plans, to recalibrate the baseline that we’re working off of. “And everybody, from farmers to industry to residential areas, to the north…
President to Announce Drought Assistance During Visit Today
…that we: o Invest in research and unlock data and information to better understand the projected impacts of climate change and how we can better prepare our communities and infrastructure….