California funds two biologically integrated farming projects
The four-year projects address rodent management and area-wide monitoring of grape diseases.
Event / data period: 2026-10-09
Published: · Updated:
The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced awards totaling $2 million for two new projects under its Biologically Integrated Farming Systems grant program. The department’s October 9 release said each four-year project will refine, demonstrate and promote sustainable pest-management practices.
A team led by the California Association of Pest Control Advisers will develop a practical rodent-management guide and a lending library for costly trapping equipment. A second project led by the California State University, Fresno Foundation will refine hyperspectral imaging to monitor grapevine red blotch and leafroll diseases across areas. The release describes project plans, not completed results.
Data
BIFS program project count and duration
Project count and duration announced by the department on 9 October.
| New projects funded | 2 | California BIFS awards announced 9 October 2026 |
Methodology
The source states two new project awards and a four-year duration for each. The release headline gives a $2 million total, but the source does not specify currency, so it is not converted into a numeric currency table here.
Updated:
BIFS project duration
Each funded project will run for four years.
| Duration of each project | 4 | California BIFS awards announced 9 October 2026 |
Methodology
The source states that each project runs for four years.
Updated:
Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- AgricultureSuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlyplantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov ↗
Geographic references
Only source-provided geographic references are shown. Opening an external map is optional. Optional story maps use OpenStreetMap. Opening a map sends your IP address and this site’s address to the map provider; location data remains readable as text without loading the map.
- United States · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredplantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov ↗