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Welcome to the NRCS California State Web Site.
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June 22-27 is National Pollinator Week, highlighting the importance of bees
and other pollinators in our ecosystems and in agriculture. Pollinators need the
attention. They have been declining due to parasites, diseases and a mysterious
colony collapse disorder. NRCS in California has been working with private
groups and farmers to help native pollinators augment the "labor forces" more
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It was standing room only at a recent workshop in Fresno to explain a new Farm Bill program for improving air
quality. The program can help farmers replace old combustion engines in tractors, harvesters, pumps and other
off-road agricultural equipment with new engines that reduce emissions as much as 75%. The NRCS program provides about a 50% cost share, and in much of the San Joaquin Valley
the regional Air Pollution Control District is offering an additional 30% to qualified applicants. Workshops are
continuing through June 16th. The application deadline for fiscal year 2009 is June 26.
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Organic farmers and those transitioning to organic production will have extra time to apply for conservation
assistance available from USDA's Natural Resources
Conservation Service. The new timeline requires these producers to apply by June 26th for assistance in fiscal
year 2009 through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
To learn more about Organic Agriculture and the Farm Bill, download the Supporting Organic Agriculture - 2008 Farm
Bill fact sheet on our publications page (listed under California NRCS Program
Fact Sheets).
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