…Central Valley Project. In December 2013, the Governor formed a Drought Task Force to closely manage precious water supplies, to expand water conservation wherever possible and to quickly respond to…
UC Davis Veterinary School Named Best in Nation by US News and World Report
…The school runs a veterinary medical teaching hospital at UC Davis and satellite clinics in San Diego and the San Joaquin Valley community of Tulare. Veterinary faculty members work to…
Kern County Farm Bureau Irrigation Efficiency Program Awarded $400,000 Grant from Bay-Delta Initiative
…jobs and food are at a great risk. Water is the bloodline that drives the economy in the Central Valley and California. Our need for a successful water efficiency infrastructure…
Beet Curly Top Virus (CTV) Update
…to monitor BLH populations and collect both host plant and BLH samples for virus analysis. Monterey County Program personnel surveyed the Salinas Valley for BLH populations and host plants at…
National Agriculture Day Luncheon – Tickets Available
…Santa Cruz County and Pajaro Valley schools. The winning entries will be displayed during the luncheon and a placemat featuring the 2014 poster contest winner, Joel Burchell, 6th grader from…
Area-Wide Management of Asian Citrus Psyllid
…of the Central Valley and other areas are still working to eradicate the pest. However, should a time come when psyllid populations in the valley increase, this treatment strategy would…
Port Backup Creating Opportunities for Thieves
…Picked Central Valley grower Tom Thomas produces a variety of citrus at one of his Fresno County locations. Thomas grows tangelos, which are popular on the Asian market. Thomas says…
Gray Proposes Laws to Alleviate Effects of Drought in Valley, Statewide
Adam Gray Assemblymember Adam C. Gray (D-Merced) today proposed three new priority water bills aimed at mitigating the impact of the drought on farmers statewide and spurring Central Valley agriculture….
State Water Project Deliveries Increased Slightly
…of requested amounts for all customers. The slight increase in SWP deliveries will help to meet the needs of water districts in the San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Clara Valley,…
Zero Allocations…Again
…not a priority! Since 1992 over seven million acre feet of water has been transferred away from landowners in the Southern San Joaquin Valley with no accountability as to the…
Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors
…federal Central Valley Project surface water availabilities What: Representatives from the community will be available to speak with the media regarding the Bureau of Reclamation’s announcement of the federal Central…
CFBF Leader on Water Shortage, CVP Zero Allocation
…that the federal Central Valley Project will likely deliver no water to most of its agricultural customers for a second straight year reinforces the need to move quickly on water…
Statement of Don Peracchi, President of Westlands Water District, on Bureau of Reclamation’s Allocation Announcement
For the second year in a row, California farmers will not be receiving any water from the Central Valley Project. The announcement today from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that…
Western View: Got Rain?
…points north, but continued drought in the central and south parts of the state. But to add insult to injury, the little rain we did have in the central valley…