…of a transition program for the 2014 crop year as enactment comes too late for USDA and the private sector to offer the new insurance product until 2015. He said…
USDA Launches Effort to Assist California Producers Affected by Drought
$20 million available for agricultural conservation enhancements on key agricultural lands WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA will make $20 million available for agricultural water…
DWR Drops State Water Project Allocation to Zero, Seeks to Preserve Remaining Supplies
…to the water quality and flow requirements for February, along with a request to establish a framework to make further requests and adjustments as the drought evolves. The petition also…
Center for Produce Safety Announces Call for Research Proposals
…and postharvest water are among the core research areas listed. A complete list of research priorities is posted on the home page of the CPS website, http://cps.ucdavis.edu. CPS and its…
The ASA Plant and Soil Conference
The 43th annual California ASA Plant and Soil Conference will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 4 & 5, 2014 at the Radisson Hotel and Convention Center in Fresno,…
California Firm Recalls Various Meat Products Produced Without The Benefit Of Full Inspection
…who have questions about the recall can contact the plant’s Quality Control manager, Scott Parks, at (707) 762-6651 . Consumers with food safety questions can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual…
Center for Produce Safety Announces Call for Research Proposals
…postharvest water are among the core research areas listed. A complete list of research priorities is posted on the home page of the CPS website, http://cps.ucdavis.edu. CPS and its partners…
California Firm Recalls Various Meat Products Produced Without the Benefit of Full Inspection
…the plant’s Quality Control manager, Scott Parks, at (707) 762-6651 . Consumers with food safety questions can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov….
CATA Comments on Governor Brown’s Budget Proposal Eliminating Agricultural Education Incentive Grant
…projects, and leadership training through the Future Farmers of America (FFA) student organization. The Agricultural Education Incentive Grant currently supports local Ag Education programs and FFA activities in over 300…
Ag Business Issues Challenge to Support FFA, Young Farmers and Ranchers
A national business that gets a quite a bit of sales here in California is using some of that to give back to the future of agriculture. Sabrina Hill reports….
AgNeTVideo: Agro-Culture Issues Challenge to Support FFA, Young Farmers and Ranchers
Lonny Smith of Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers announces he is donating a portion of his sales to California FFA programs, and challenges other businesses to do the same….
California Farms and Consumers in Jeopardy
…has braced its growers for an initial zero allocation. Friday’s announcement makes that prediction a virtual certainty. Without an adequate water supply, an estimated 200,000 acres of prime agriculture land…
California Almond Growers to Vote on Marketing Order
California almond growers will vote on whether to continue their Federal marketing order from Feb. 18, 2014, through March 7, 2014. Growers who have produced almonds in California from Aug….
Speaker Series to Celebrate UCCE 100th Anniversary
…The theme for UCCE centennial presentations on opening day, Feb. 11, is “The good, the bad and the ugly: Species in California,” It will focus on species that benefit agriculture…
