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Apr
Farm and Ranch Programs 101 – Recording Available
On April 10, the Yolo County Resource Conservation (RCD) hosted a Farm and Ranch Programs 101. The event featured presentations on free technical assistance and funding opportunities for farmers and ranchers in Yolo County.
Farm and Ranch Programs 101 featured the following presentations:
- Sara Lipschutz, Natural Resources Conservation Service – Environmental Quality Incentives Program
- Josephine Medina & Paul Sullivan, Farm Services Agency – FSA Programs and Loan Programs
- Conor Higgins, Yolo County Resource Conservation District – Sutter-Yolo Mobile Irrigation Lab
- Hope Zabronsky, UC Cooperative Extension – UCANR Climate Smart Agriculture Program
- Eden Winniford, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District – Agricultural Clean Air Grant Programs
- Rogell Rogers, Sustainable Conservation – Advancing Groundwater Recharge with Sustainable Conservation
- Kristin Sicke, Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (YCFCWCD) – Water Resources Management in Yolo County
- Lan Ngo, Community Alliance for Family Farmers (CAFF) – CAFF Water Policy Program & Groundwater Related Services
A recording of this event is available on our YouTube channel, here. After presentations, there was an unrecorded Q & A session for all presenters and an opportunity for one-on-ones between producers and agency professionals.
A copy of the presentation is available, here.
To get in touch with any of the presenters, please reach out:
- NRCS – Sara Lipschutz: lipschutz@usda.gov, 530-902-7282
- Farm Services Agency : yolo.ca@usda.gov, 530-661-2037 ext 2
- Yolo County RCD – Conor Higgins: higgins@yolorcd.org, 530-661-1688 ext 4
- UC Cooperative Extension/UCANR – Hope Zabronsky: hazabronsky@ucanr.edu
- Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District – Eden Winniford: ewinniford@ysaqmd.org
- Sustainable Conservation – Rogell Rogers: rrogers@suscon.org, 209-542-0874
- Yolo Flood Control – Kristin Sicke: ksicke@ycfcwcd.org, 530-662-0265
- Community Alliance for Family Farmers – Lan Ngo: lan@caff.org, 916-245-6519
Resources:
- CUSP Drought Relief Direct Farmer Grants (CAFF)
- Understanding the Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (CAFF)
- Yolo Groundwater Workshop (April 17) & Sustainable Groundwater Panel (July 16)
- Ag Grant Funding – Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District
- Climate Smart Agriculture Program – UC ANR
- Introduction to Groundwater Recharge – Sustainable Conservation