…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….
Rollout of a Few Farm Bill Programs May Not Happen Until 2015
Don’t expect all the new Farm Bill provisions to be implemented this year. Gary Crawford has the report. Rollout of a Few Farm Bill Programs May Not Happen Until 2015…
Small Wind Turbine Standards Created
…Wind Advisors Team Trudy Forsyth says there are many products in the small wind turbine market that don’t have credentials and commercial liability which makes it difficult for consumers to…
Almond Board: Upcoming Almond Grower Field Day
…March 25 10:00 a.m. Holiday Inn, Chico 685 Manzanita Court Chico, CA Don’t miss this very important event! RSVP today by emailing Jenny Nicolau at jnicolau@almondboard.com or texting ‘Yes’ and…
Cry for Water Continues
…people told elected officials “It’s time for action.” The message from several people who spoke “We don’t want handouts, we want jobs.” and “Water is the key to those jobs.”…
Drought Leads to Early Removal of Almonds
…he is destroying 1,000 acres of almond trees and has earmarked another 1,000 acres for removal. “I don’t know what else to do,” said Baker, who farms west of Firebaugh….
Gov. Brown, Legislative Leaders Announce Emergency Drought Legislation
…the water that’s now lost to evaporation or simply flowing out to the ocean. They simply need money to get those projects done,” said Senate President pro Tem Steinberg. “We…
Drought influences dairy farmers’ feed plans
…for next fall and winter. “If we don’t get any rainfall, I don’t know what I’m going to do, because I don’t even know that the water table can sustain…