Articles Tagged with ''university of california''

CDFA announces Water Efficiency Technical Assistance grant recipients

04/06/22 7:03 AM By Noah Wicks

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation announced yesterday it has selected 11 organizations to receive a combined $5 million in Water Efficiency Technical Assistance Funding.

Scientists: Soil health needed to maintain water storage

12/03/20 9:56 AM By Brad Hooker

Improving soil health can increase California’s groundwater storage by about 10% overall.

Daybreak: USDA offers farmers help with wildfires

08/25/20 4:58 PM By Brad Hooker

UC ditches plastic containers * Cut flowers on the outs * Trump: China trade war a winning issue * Trump extends Food Box program

UC to phase out single-use plastics, as lawmakers debate bills

08/25/20 1:35 PM By Brad Hooker

UC announced Monday it will be phasing out single-use plastics on its 10 campuses over the next two years.

University of California declining staff graph

Farm groups press to restore ag extension staff and funding

03/25/20 7:16 AM By Ed Maixner

California’s ag extension ranks have been thinned for three decades, but farm groups are fighting to restore funding and staff positions.

Daybreak: UC bans glyphosate, funds organic, asks for a raise

01/23/20 9:36 PM By Brad Hooker

Shrinking Clean Water Act brings long legal battle

State considers exempting small farmers from costly water fees

10/22/19 5:45 PM By Brad Hooker

The Central Valley Water Board is embarking on a year-long process to reduce requirements or add exemptions for some fee payers.

Five questions for Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis

08/14/19 11:27 AM By Brad Hooker

Kounalakis discussed President Trump’s trade policies and the increasing environmental pressures California businesses face.

How sorghum's drought-resistant genes could benefit other crops

06/27/18 6:20 AM By Tyler Ash

University of California researchers are on the path to discovering genes that assist in drought resistance in sorghum, which could potentially be applied to other important cereal crops like corn, wheat, rice and barley in the years to come.

USDA earmarks $2 million for alfalfa research

11/29/17 6:10 AM By Daniel Enoch

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced the eight award recipients who will share more than $2 million in Alfalfa and Forage Research Program (AFRP) funding to study an array of topics affecting the alfalfa industry.

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03.28.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 28, 2025: Castaneda, Kuball on ag labor, trade

President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs are expected to go into effect next week. We spoke with Jaime Castaneda from the National Milk Producers Federation and Cassandra Kuball from Torrey Advisory Group about how the proposals could impact agriculture. They also discuss the potential for ag labor reform with Trump's stricter immigration policies.

Plus, Agri-Pulse Editor-in-Chief Philip Brasher provides commentary on the top issues in Washington.

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