1 / 31

2013 CASAP CONFERENCE CACASA REPORT

2013 CASAP CONFERENCE CACASA REPORT. Stacy Carlsen Marin County Agricultural Commissioner 1-19-13. Topic On My Mind. CACASA Structure and Function CACASA Hot, Warm, Cold Topics Federal Farm Bill Issues Inspection and Standards Challenges. CACASA Structure & Function. Regional Area Groups

atalo
Download Presentation

2013 CASAP CONFERENCE CACASA REPORT

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 2013 CASAP CONFERENCECACASA REPORT Stacy Carlsen Marin County Agricultural Commissioner 1-19-13

  2. Topic On My Mind • CACASA Structure and Function • CACASA Hot, Warm, Cold Topics • Federal Farm Bill Issues • Inspection and Standards Challenges

  3. CACASA Structure & Function • Regional Area Groups • Numerous Committees PRAC, Weed and Vert., Nursery Seed and Apiary, Legislative, Information Management, F&V Weights and Measures Laws and Regulation (L&R), Specification and Tolerances (S&T) 2012/2013 OFFICERS   PRESIDENT – Louie Mendoza PRESIDENT- Elect – Stacy Carlsen V. PRESIDENT (Agriculture)- Jim Allan V. PRESIDENT (Weights & Measures) – Kurt Floren EXEC. SECRETARY – John Gardner PAST PRESIDENT – Mary Pfeiffer EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – Tim Cansler

  4. CACASA Hot, Warm, Cold Topics • DMS Consortium-The Fuels (Conventional and Alternative) Working Group and Manufacturing, Packaging, and Retail Working Group • License of Eligibility- CAC/Sealer licenses upon separation of employment (5 year renewal) “requalifying examination” • CDFA Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) • PEST ISSUES- GWSS-PD, SOD, EVGM, LBAM, ACP-HLB • Wildlife Services • Weed Free Hay MOU signed and extended until 2017 • CDPR Liaison- Joe Marade ; CDFA Liaison –Gary Leslie • NCWM – Professional Certification Program • Cannella Farming Act

  5. CACASA Hot, Warm, Cold Topics • CACASA/CDFA Joint Program Improvement Working Group –Discussing the annual financial statement data, survey questionnaire, CDFA pest detection programs • Closed Mixing System working group-DPR is proposing to submit draft proposed regulation changes for their upcoming 2013 Rulemaking Calendar • CDPH Pesticide and Schools Study • THE LIFE CYCLE OF LEGISLATION- In California, all laws are enacted by the passage of bills. A bill either proposes a new law or amends or repeals the existing law. • AB 1623 extends the authority for a county board of supervisors to charge fees to recover the costs of the county sealer until January 1, 2018, and establishes or revises certain device fee caps. • CACASA DC Delegation

  6. US Farm Bill History (Why?) Purpose CACASA Issues Programs State and County Benefits $25 Billion Cut

  7. What does the Farm Bill impact? • How food is grown • What food is grown • Who grows it • Our diets and public health • Well-being of farmers and farm workers • Rural communities • Environment and natural resources

  8. What is in the Farm Bill? • Fifteen “Titles” or Chapters: • I: Commodity • II: Conservation • III: Trade • IV: Nutrition • V: Credit • VI: Rural Development • VII: Research • VIII: Forestry • IX: Energy • X: Horticulture and Organic • XI: Livestock • XII: Crop Insurance • XIII: Commodity Futures • XIV: Miscellaneous • XV: Trade and Tax Provisions

  9. How much does the Farm Bill cost? • 10 year budget estimates: • $775 billion: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program • $90 billion: Crop insurance subsidies • $67 billion: Commodity subsidies • $65 billion: Conservation programs

  10. Who writes the Farm Bill? • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry • House Committee on Agriculture

  11. Why then a Farm Bill? 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Keep farmers on the land Farm price and income support 1936 Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Keep the land on the land! Soil conservation

  12. Moving beyond the Farm Rural Development Title 1970 Agricultural Act Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution 1977 Food and Agriculture Act Renewable Energy Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Horticulture and Organic Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 Expired in 2012 Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 Extensions granted for 2013

  13. Why now a Farm Bill? • Keep farmers on the land • Shift from price support to direct payments, insurance and disaster payments • New, beginning and disadvantaged farmer support • Keep the land on the land! • Focus on working lands as well as non-farmed • More support for sustainable farming Photograph from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

  14. Why now a Farm Bill? • Food security • “Cheap” and abundant commodity production • “Eater” subsidies (food stamps, school lunch, etc.) • Farmers Markets • Rural community support • Housing • economic development • Renewable energy • New markets Photograph from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration. Photo courtesy of Minnesota CERTS

  15. Today’s Farm Bill Most of the “Farm Bill” money now goes to nutrition

  16. FY13 Process2008 Farm Bill: Section 10201Plant Pest and Disease Managementand Disaster Prevention • USDA-APHIS funding distribution from Farm Bill Section 10201, Pest and Disease Management. California received funding totaling $15,515,277, or 31% of total funds ($50 million available).

  17. Section 10201 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is charged with implementing Section 10201 of the 2008 Farm Bill to prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and the environment. Under the Farm Bill, APHIS provides funding to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, while working to safeguard the nursery production system.

  18. OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR Update Submission Process Finalize Guidelines Suggestion Open Period Review Suggestions/Develop Spending Plan Departmental Review FY13 Farm Bill Implementation 2012 2013 Review w/Stakeholders Develop work plans Execute Agreements

  19. What California Received GOAL 1: NATIONAL SURVEY Asian Defoliating Moth Survey $172,946 Khapra Beetle Survey $33,241 Mollusk Survey $11,080 Stone Fruit Commodity Survey $132,964 Citrus Commodity Survey $539,665 Enhanced Exotic Pests Surveys $9,310,449 Exotic Wood Boring and Bark Beetle Survey $138,505 TOTAL$10,338,850 • GOAL 2: DETECTOR DOGS California Detector Dog Team Program $3,365,119 • GOAL 3: DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES Development of Attractants and Improved Trap designs for Exotic Wood borers $146,261 Enhancing Taxonomic and Molecular Diagnostics Capacity for Fruit Flies(Diptera:Tephritidae)                 $152,055 Safeguarding Against Scale Insect Pests: A Digital Tool for Training Screening and Identification $62,819 TOTAL $399,916

  20. TOTAL:$15,515,277 PERCENT OF TOTAL: 31% • GOAL 4: NURSERY CERTIFICATION • Best Management Practices in Nurseries: • Survey & Documentation of BMPs Used in • Ornamental Nurseries           $33,241 • National Ornamental research site at • Dominican Univeristy Oversight and Liaison • (NORSDUC)             $55,402  • GOAL 4:  SYSTEMS APPROACHES FOR NURSERY PRODUCTION •  Confirming the pathogenicity and • host range of Phytophthora ramorum                 $77,770 • National Ornamentals Research Site at • Dominican University of California (NORS-DUC)         $739,499 • TOTAL   $905,912 • GOAL 5: OTHER •  Invasive Species Outreach and Education • to Protect US Forests Landscapes and • Ornamental Nurseries                         $72,833 • Collaborative and Enhanced First Detector • Training for Florida and California                                               $60,942 • GOAL 5:                                                    $133,775 • GOAL 6: APPLIED MITIGATION R & D • Management of Select Exotic Arthropods • during Shipping                                        $183,339 • GOAL 6:  PREPARATION • Regional Strategic System for Early Detection • of Invasive Species                                                        $188,366 • TOTAL   $371,705

  21. California Agriculture Detector Dog Team Program

  22. California Pest Detection Program State and Federal funding $33.194 million Local county general fund $ 6.973 million Total California $40.167 million

  23. Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) In California, ACP is found in San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Tulare counties.

  24. Weed Problem - Invasive Species • According to the California Invasive Plant Council’s recent estimates, $82,000,000 is spent annually to control the invasive noxious weeds that infest millions of acres in California. • California County Agricultural Commissioners (CAC), along with the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA), maintains responsibilities to protect resources, recreational, and wildlands from the threat of invasive noxious weeds. • CACs are concerned about infestations of serious weed species such as Scotch Thistle, Leafy and Oblong Spurge, Scotch Broom, and Diffuse and Spotted Knapweeds • USFS budgets for NEPA preparation and invasive noxious weeds are maintained in the USDA budget line items Integrated Resource and Restoration (IRR) and Hazardous Fuels Reduction (HFR). • The IRR line item enacted level for FY 2010 was $668 million. • The HFR line item enacted level for FY 2010 was $340 million.

  25. Symptoms then Solutions Functional Biodiversity Process and Synergy Agroecosystem Diversification Thresholds Multiple Functions and Products Control Alternatives Traditional Family Cultural Diversity IPM Social Equity Synthetic Inputs Sustainable Agriculture Conventional Agriculture AGROECOLOGY Organic Agric. Economic Viability Ecosystem Integrity Symptoms then Solutions Organic Certification Alternative Inputs Direct &Local Markets

  26. NCWM - PDC Certification Triangle

  27. Professional Certification Exam Development 410-1

  28. CASAP Member Challenges • 410 people who hold at least one commissioner or sealer license • 420 people who hold at least one deputy license but do not hold a commissioner or sealer license. • 1,685 people who currently hold at least one biologist or inspector license but do not hold a deputy, commissioner or sealer license.

  29. Questions

  30. Fix #23

  31. Talking Points

More Related