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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 08, 2025
California’s fire and moisture patterns used to be more predictable, but new research indicates that the connection has gradually declined since the early 1900s and has now totally disappeared.
President Donald Trump, through an executive order, has directed the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture Departments to work closer with states on wildfire mitigation and forest restoration efforts.
USDA is allowing participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 14 California counties affected by recent wildfires to buy hot foods with their SNAP benefits through Dec. 17.
Members of the California Farm Bureau are helping their fellow farmers and ranchers who have been hard hit by wildfires, floods and other natural disasters. Here's how you can help, too.
Farmers who were hit by hurricanes and wildfires last year can still sign up for significant financial assistance from the USDA, but time will run out Friday, Farm Service Administrator Richard Fordyce told Agri-Pulse in an interview.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a new strategy for managing catastrophic wildfires that emphasizes greater cooperation with the states to identify priorities for targeted treatment in areas with the highest payoffs.
