…care, whether to protect a small home garden or rows of crops on commercial farmland,” Schlegel said. “Farm Bureau shares the agency’s desire to protect workers, but we are concerned…
Dormant Winter Crops Handling Flooding
A study by University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) that is looking at recharging groundwater levels by winter flooding of farmland and crops with a winter dormancy is showing good results. Dormant…
FSA Offers Help for CA Farmers, Ranchers Affected by Fires
…Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program, and the Tree Assistance Program. In addition, the FSA Emergency Conservation Program provides funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged…
USDA Offers Help to Fire-Affected Farmers and Ranchers
…Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program, and the Tree Assistance Program. In addition, the FSA Emergency Conservation Program provides funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland…
‘Waters’ Rule Takes Effect in California
…as tributaries and adjacent wetlands. Another layer adds “ephemeral streams”—low spots in the land that drain and channel water away from farmland after a rain but are otherwise dry—which, under…
The Western View: The Mussel Slough Tragedy
…from the railroads at $2.50 an acre. So settlers grabbed up Central Valley farmland, sometimes not knowing if they were on railroad land or homestead land. The Southern Pacific (SP)…
Bill to Send More Water to California Farms Passes in House
Congressman David Valadao The House has passed legislation meant to bring more water to California’s major farmland. Sabrina Hill reports. Water Bill Passes House The legislation was authored by California…
Water Board Says More Rights Will be Curtailed Soon
…collectively by a shared percentage. Because most of the farmland in the delta abuts natural streams and sloughs, riparian water right claims are more extensive in the delta than in…
DPR 2013 Air Monitoring Shows Most Pesticides Well Below Health Screening Levels
…were selected from a list of 226 communities based on pesticide use on surrounding farmland and demographics, including the percentage of children, the elderly and farmworkers in the local population….
California Cuts Habitat Fix for Delta Project
…two underground tunnels, 40 feet across and 30 miles long, to send water from the Sacramento River around the Delta. The water currently irrigates 3 million acres of farmland in…
A Day in Marin: Farmers Share a Passion for a Place Called California
…pictured (from Bob’s left) are Ralph Grossi of Grossi Ranch and past president of the American Farmland Trust, Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) Executive Director Jamison Watts, and UC Cooperative…
State Board of Food and Agriculture to Host Drought Forum at the Fresno Fairgrounds on May 5
…44 percent of the state experiencing ‘exceptional drought’ – the highest designation. Last year, more than 400,000 acres of farmland were fallowed and approximately 17,000 jobs were lost at a…
Top-Four Myths of the California Drought
…the California Farm Water Coalition, this will result in 30 percent of the irrigated farmland in the state receiving no surface water and approximately 620,000 acres (which equals almost 970…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…base of rural counties, and what that means for schools and other services. We need to be sure our fellow Californians also recognize the environmental values that well-managed farmland provides….