California has allocated money to help growers improve practices in their orchards. Almond Board of California’s Spencer Cooper said the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) has been helping…
USDA Launches High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity Resource Guide
…National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Forest Service. The toolkit highlights examples of how e-Connectivity resources are being used to increase access…
Farm Bureau to USDA: New Regulations Must Protect Both Farmland and Wetland
Image courtesy of American Farm Bureau Federation As the Agriculture Department moves forward with Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation regulations, the department must ensure its new Interim Rule balances…
Storms Pile On Snowpack, Big Boost for Southern Sierras
Snowpack totals jumped considerably after two storms rolled through California. Last Friday, February 1, snowpack sensors estimated the snow water equivalent for the state at 98 percent of the historical average and…
Farm Bureau Sues to Block Flows Plan for Lower San Joaquin River
…board plan fails to appropriately analyze its impact on surface water supplies and, in turn, how cutting surface water would affect attempts to improve groundwater under the Sustainable Groundwater Management…
Slight Broomrape Resurgence Over Last Decade
…it will compete with plants for nutrients and water, it’s that it sucks the life directly out of plants. The weed also has a broad host range including potato, cabbage, bell pepper, sunflower, celery, and beans however…
California Students Earn NCF Award Scholarship
…cattle feeding, uniform beef grading, water conservation and banking. Farr died at age 97 in August 2007. Source: National Cattlemen’s Foundation Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those…
Snow Depth Nearly Doubles in Second Snow Survey of 2019
…season. Snow levels are important to overall water needs of California, as the snowpack historically provides for roughly 30 percent of the necessary water supplies of the state. “These numbers,…
NCBA Announces 2019 Policy Priorities
…implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill, enacting a permanent solution to overly restrictive Hours of Service rules for livestock haulers, finalizing a new water rule to replace the 2015 Waters…
Helping Producers Aid Monarch Butterfly
…Carlos Suarez, state conservationist with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California. “NRCS offers more than three dozen conservation practices that enable producers to help monarchs and other pollinators…
Casey Officially In as Citrus Mutual President/CEO
…was the former senior executive for the Kings River Water Quality Coalition and California Cotton Ginners & Growers Vice President. Holmes said Creamers prior experience representing growers on water issues…
January Storms Bolster California Water Supplies
Several storms throughout January have helped improve conditions for California water supplies. So far, nearly 600 billion gallons of water have been added to California reservoirs and over five feet…
USDA Seeking Public Input on Wetland Determination Guidance
…Land Conservation, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250. Upon conclusion of the public comment period, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will evaluate and…
Almond Update: Irrigation Evaluations Available for Growers
Several Resource Conservation Districts (RCD) are offering free or low-cost irrigation tests to let a grower know how or where they can improve their system. Almond Board of California’s Senior…