Imperial Valley News Center
California Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee vacancies
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Sacramento, California - CDFA is announcing 18 vacancies on the California Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee (CFMAC). The CFMAC advises the secretary of agriculture on issues related to the direct marketing of agriculture products at certified farmers’ markets.
Improving nutrient efficiency and reduce the nitrogen
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Sacramento, California - CDFA’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is pleased to announce the award of $800,000 in grant funds to agricultural organizations and universities this year. The grants will fund four projects designed to improve nutrient efficiency and reduce the nitrogen footprint of fertilizer use.
Central African Republic National Day
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson: "I extend my best wishes to the government and people of the Central African Republic on the occasion of your country’s national day celebration.
Climate Change in the Southern Hemisphere: irrigation efficiency and other adaptations in Chile
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- Written by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, California - Irrigation efficiency, water conservation and water management are three terms that resonated over and over as we visited specialty crop farms and talked to water managers during our ongoing visit to Chile. These are important issues that Chile and California share, given that both counties have recently experienced historic droughts with significantly reduced snowpacks and greater reliance on groundwater.
FDA approves first biosimilar for the treatment of certain breast and stomach cancers
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- Written by IVPost
Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Ogivri (trastuzumab-dkst) as a biosimilar to Herceptin (trastuzumab) for the treatment of patients with breast or metastatic stomach cancer (gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma) whose tumors overexpress the HER2 gene (HER2+). Ogivri is the first biosimilar approved in the U.S. for the treatment of breast cancer or stomach cancer and the second biosimilar approved in the U.S. for the treatment of cancer.
Designation of the Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - The Department of State welcomes today’s entry into force of the Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area, the world’s largest marine protected area (MPA). The Ross Sea in Antarctica is an area of unique biodiversity and one of the last unspoiled marine environments on the planet. This MPA will create special long-term opportunities for protecting marine life and for promoting marine scientific research.
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