{"id":868,"date":"2021-10-25T21:18:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2021-10-25T21:18:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:18:05","slug":"cdfa-awards-4-14-million-for-research-and-education-to-improve-nutrient-management-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2021\/10\/25\/cdfa-awards-4-14-million-for-research-and-education-to-improve-nutrient-management-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"CDFA awards $4.14 million for research and education to improve nutrient management practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2020\/08\/13\/frep-blog-gives-research-update-on-cdfa-funded-project-about-benefits-of-cropmanage-for-irrigation-and-nitrogen-management-in-central-valley-almonds-processing-tomatoes-alfalfa\/freplogocolor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2027,2018\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;FREPlogoColor&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FREPlogoColor\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;FRE logo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor-1024x1019.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" width=\"298\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor-1536x1529.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FREPlogoColor.jpg 2027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SACRAMENTO, October 25, 2021 \u2013 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is announcing $4.14 million in grant funding to agricultural organizations and universities.<br>\u00a0<br>The funding includes $3 million for the University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources (UCANR) to conduct targeted nitrogen and irrigation education and training in California\u2019s Central Valley and Central Coast and $1.14 million for five research and education projects to advance California growers\u2019 understanding and implementation of improved nitrogen and irrigation management practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/egov\/press_releases\/Press_Release.asp?PRnum=21-137\">Click here to read a CDFA news release for full details.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>x x x<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Each year since 1990, FREP has funded research, demonstration and education projects related to the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use and handling of fertilizing materials. Visit the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/is\/ffldrs\/frep\/CompetitiveGrantProgram.html\">FREP Grant Program<\/a><em>\u00a0webpage to learn how to apply for funding and visit the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/is\/ffldrs\/frep\/Research.html\">FREP Research &amp; Project Database<\/a><em>\u00a0to see how these research projects are available, understandable and convenient for growers to implement.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO, October 25, 2021 \u2013 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is announcing $4.14 million in grant funding to agricultural organizations and universities.\u00a0The funding includes $3 million for the University of California, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2021\/10\/25\/cdfa-awards-4-14-million-for-research-and-education-to-improve-nutrient-management-practices\/\"><span class=\"text-nowrap\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-fw fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,62,12],"tags":[123,227,130,66,136,55],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ffldrs","category-cdfa-fertilizer-research-and-education-program","category-cdfa-inspection-services-division","tag-fertilizer-research","tag-fertilizer-research-and-education-program","tag-fertilizer-research-grants","tag-frep","tag-frep-grant-program","tag-nutrient-management"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}