BIFS Progress Reports

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• Progress Report to the California State Legislature on the Implementation of Assembly Bill 3383 and AB 1998, January 2003. This report covers the BIFS program from January 2001 through December 2002, including the results of seven BIFS projects: rice in Butte County, walnuts in San Joaquin County, citrus in Fresno County, strawberries on the Central Coast, apples in Contra Costa County, prunes throughout the Central Valley, and dairies, also throughout the Central Valley. Report also describes the most recent competitive grants cycle resulting in funding a new winegrape project on the Central Coast, pesticide use analysis of BIFS commodities and projects, and results of grower surveys.
• Progress Report to the California State Legislature on the Implementation of Assembly Bill 3383 and AB 1998, January 2001. Covers the first and second year results of seven BIFS projects: rice in Butte County, walnuts in San Joaquin County, citrus in Fresno County, strawberries on the Central Coast, apples in Contra Costa County, prunes throughout the Central Valley, and dairies, also throughout the Central Valley.
• Progress Report to the California State Legislature on the Implementation of Assembly Bill 3383, January 1999. Covers the second and third year results of the first two pilot BIFS projects, the Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission Winegrape BIFS and the West Side cotton and vegetable BIFS, as well as the latest competitive grants cycle that resulted in the funding of 5 new three year demonstration projects in rice, citrus, prunes, walnuts, and strawberries.
• Progress Report to the California State Legislature on the Implementation of Assembly Bill 3383, January 1997. Covers program establishment and the first year of funding for the first two BIFS projects: the Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission Winegrape BIFS, and the West Side BIFS involving cotton and row crops on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley.