A delegation of Farm Bureau leaders from California, who traveled to Washington, D.C., last week, encouraged the U.S. Senate to pass Western drought legislation that can be sent to a …
Agri View: Chocolate Pleasure
Everett Griner talks about the drought affecting the cocoa crop in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Unlock Dairy Cow Success with Purina’s Transition StrategiesJune 2, 2025Protecting …
State Says Continue Water Savings
Executive Order Aims to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life in California Moving to bolster California’s climate and drought resilience, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an executive order …
Snowpack Melting at Record Speed
Far below average snowpack remains in much of the West, peak streamflow early in Pacific Northwest During April, western snowpack dropped at record speed, according to data from the fifth …
Fighting Drought With Soil
A team of University of California scientists recently received a $1.69 million grant to use several UC agricultural research stations to study an often overlooked tool to fight the drought: …
CA Students Honored
Two California students have been honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA). The national award is presented each year to exceptional students who …
Conserving Water in California
Energy Department Assists with Conserving Water in California by John Coggin, Communications Specialist, Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program Energy and water are strongly interdependent in the U.S. economy. Electricity generation requires water, and …
Weather Research Could Help Water Management
California weather can be hard to predict due to the state’s weather variability, but some research may be able to predict water availability better in the future. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester …
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
Statement of Westlands Water District on Bureau of Reclamation’s Allocation Announcement for CVP water allocation Despite above average runoff into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta and near average snowpack in …
Water Supply Allocation Announced for CVP
The Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial 2016 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors. This allocation is based on a cautious estimate of the amount of water …
DWR April Snowpack Totals Report
April 2016 Snow Survey from California DWR on Vimeo. California’s statewide snowpack usually reaches its peak depth and water content each year around the first of April, after which the …
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Still Below Average
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Grew During First Half of March, But Dry Spell Leaves Water Content Still below Average California’s statewide snowpack usually reaches its peak depth and water content each …
Balance Key to State Water Management
Citrus leaders, like many other industry leaders, are bringing up the balance issue in the state’s water management— an issue that will be increasing in conversation as we move through …
California Republicans Call on White House to Act on Drought
(CA-23) led a letter with California House Republicans to President Obama calling on him to direct federal agencies to increase water exports in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta immediately. Excerpts …