…in February. I am proud of the work USDA Rural Development staff in California have done to get this funding to those in need and the work they have done…
USDA Provides Aid to 73,000 Rural Californians Impacted by Drought
…work USDA Rural Development staff in California and Washington, D.C., have done to get this funding to those in need and the work they have done with municipal leaders in…
Innovation Allows Livestock Producers and Rice Farmers to Solve Each Other’s Problems
…that limit rice straw burning leave the rice industry with an abundance of typically low-quality straw to unload. Though it has rarely been done, Nader believes special treatment of rice…
Farm Leader: Drought Losses Could Have Been Avoided
…just as it has failed to provide solutions to surface water needs.” Ironically, Wenger noted, current state regulations don’t consider use of surface water to replenish groundwater as a beneficial…
UC Davis Drought Study Assesses Current Losses and Potential Future Impacts
…“We’re acting like the super rich who have so much money they don’t need to balance their checkbook.” To forecast the economic effects of the drought, the UC Davis researchers…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…of surface water. “They didn’t have wells for a couple reasons. One, they don’t sit on an aquifer, or two, they have never needed to have groundwater in the past…
Stop Huanglongbing Before It Starts in CA Citrus
…need to take precautions to keep the psyllid at bay. Hill says you don’t have to be involved in the industry to help stop the spread of Asian citrus psyllid….
More Water Users Receive Notices of Curtailment
…curtailment. The board said it would consider honoring these voluntary agreements, as long as they don’t result in water being taken from more senior water-rights holders or unreasonably harm fish…
Grocery Prices Increase Again
…we did Grocery Prices Increase Again in all of 2013. Beef prices are especially soaring. Most foods don’t go up more than 2 or 3 percent in an entire year,…
FID’s Drought-Shortened Water Deliveries Will Begin June 1
…May 1 forecast predicts a 32% runoff but also assumes normal amounts of precipitation would occur for the rest of the season. “We don’t think that’s likely to happen, especially…
USDA Announces First HLB Funding Allocations, Appointments to Citrus Disease Subcommittee
…a significant threat to the citrus industry and the thousands of jobs that depend on it. It could also further drive up fruit and juice prices if we don’t act,”…
Benefits of Census Numbers
The USDA believes some growers don’t realize the benefits of accurate census numbers. The National Agricultural Statistics Service has created an online notebook called “Your census, Your story.” so farmers…
Drought Brings New Attention to Groundwater
…I’d point out that we don’t have a groundwater crisis because of a lack of state regulation,” Wenger said. “We have a groundwater crisis because we have a surface water…
California Dairies Already Water Efficient
…down the state are finding ways to cut water use to deal with the drought, dairies don’t have that option. Dairy Water Use Go to the CDQAP Website for help….