The House Agriculture Committee approved two measures regarding the regulation of pesticides. H.R. 953, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, would clarify Congressional intent regarding pesticide regulation in or around waters…
Almond Board: Commitment to Research
…State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program Through CDFA’s State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program, 528 agricultural projects totaling $55.7 million have been selected to receive funding to invest in irrigation…
Agri View: More Drought?
…the long hard drought slammed agriculture across the south and this state. Notice I didn’t say end. It is still dry in some areas and surface water levels remain low….
CDFA Selects Organizations to Provide Technical Assistance to SWEEP Applicants
…Conservation District of Monterey County 6) Mission Resource Conservation District, Fallbrook 7) Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 8) Northwest California Resource Conservation and Development Council, Weaverville 9) Resource…
$1.7 Million to Support Research at Tribal Colleges and Universities
…growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit…
Western View: Protesting the Dakota Pipeline – Big Business!
…It looks like there is much more. North Dakota’s Tax Commissioner says that more than 30 environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, Indigenous Environmental Network, Food and Water Watch, 350.org…
Roberts Joins Bipartisan Bill to Relieve Farmers of Redundant Regulation
…Clean Water Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding pesticide use in or near navigable waters. The bill was introduced by Idaho Republican…
New FARM Program Environmental Stewardship Module Helps Measure Improvements in Dairy Sustainability
…Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF. “Farmers should be proud that, today, producing a gallon of milk uses 65 percent less water, requires 90 percent less land and has a…
White Rot Highlights Garlic and Onion Meeting
…State researchers have been looking at using compounds in garlic juice to help manage white rot. Symposium topics also included downy mildew research, nematode trials and a water update from…
Cotton Acres Forecasted to Increase 10 Percent
…competing crops and improved expectations for water.” Meanwhile, world cotton mill use is expected to exceed world production in 2017, and global cotton stocks are projected to decline by 7.7…
House, Senate Transportation Committees Planning a Busy Year
…readying a push against the nation’s “failing infrastructure.” The American Society of Civil Engineers says the U.S. transportation system, wastewater and drinking water infrastructure, schools and the energy grid need…
NCC Releases Economic Outlook
…prices of competing crops and improved expectations for water. For the past three years, U.S. cotton producers have struggled with low cotton prices, high production costs and the resulting financial…
Agri View: Political Winds
…administration will involve farmers in dealing with two matters. Look for government control of flowing water to undergo some significant changes. Those changes will involve farmers. And farmers will very…
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…form Groundwater Sustainability Agencies by June 30. The local GSAs will make decisions that affect groundwater use and fees, as they develop local Groundwater Sustainability Plans. Plans for groundwater basins…