Articles Tagged with ''California agriculture''

In seeking alternatives to open ag burning, some are hoping to convert ag waste into aviation fuel to help decarbonize California.

The Department of Conservation is collecting input from Californians as it drafts guidelines for the new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program it will launch with $50 million of state funding next spring.

As California swings from drought to floods, scientists fear the state is due for a megastorm on par with the great flood of 1862.

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service will fund three projects aimed at improving water quality in three watersheds in 2022.

DPR is taking public comment through February on pesticide-treated seeds to inform future regulatory actions.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross recently returned from the COP26 climate conference in Glasglow, Scotland, where she talked about California’s climate-smart ag programs and met with counterparts from around the world. She spoke with Agri-Pulse about her impressions.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) wants to hear from people about how to set up the $50 million Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program established by the legislature this year. The goal is to hear from stakeholders in the Central Valley about what uses they would like to see for acres removed from irrigated agricultural use.

California and other Western states stand to benefit from new investments in conservation practices and on-farm trials from NRCS.

With the new budget providing additional funding to some of California’s climate-smart ag programs, the Food and Ag board heard from experts about how to ensure the money strengthens and expands the impacts of funded projects.