By Ching Lee, assistant editor of Ag Alert With hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland expected to be left unplanted this year due to water shortages, market analysts and…
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the 2012 Census of Agriculture Preliminary Results
…strong rural America that has remained stable during difficult economic times. We have slowed significantly the loss of farmland, which has totaled 72 million acres since 1982. New tools provided…
Federal Drought Aid Coming to California; Long Term Solution Sought
…soil, he toured rich farmland now laying fallow due to lack of water. The President spoke about the farm tour. “Joe has got an incredible story. The son of a…
Breaking News: Unprecedented Zero Water Allocation for CA
…25 million Californians and about 750,000 acres of irrigated farmland. In addition, deliveries to agricultural districts with long-standing water rights in the Sacramento Valley may be cut 50 percent –…
DWR Drops State Water Project Allocation to Zero, Seeks to Preserve Remaining Supplies
…roughly 750,000 acres of irrigated farmland. • Deliveries to senior water rights holders in the Sacramento Valley – all agricultural irrigation districts – were last cut in 1992. • The…
Final State Water Action Plan Released
…people, the environment, industry and agriculture. This year’s severe dry conditions highlight the stakes. Drought threatens to force the fallowing of hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland, throw thousands…
Is Drought Declaration Enough?
…Westlands alone, it’s estimated that more than 200,000 acres of farmland will not be planted this year due to the drought, which will likely have major economic impacts on local…
Breaking News: Westlands Water District on Governor’s Declaration
…more than 200,000 acres of farmland will not be planted. The economic losses resulting from this increased fallowing will only make worse the human suffering that already exists in disadvantaged…
California Farms and Consumers in Jeopardy
…consumers throughout the state. Despite joint federal and state project facilities designed to provide a stable water supply for 25 million Californians and a third of California’s farmland, the management…
California Conservation Investment by NRCS, Farmers and Ranchers Surpasses $200 Million in Federal Fiscal Year 2013
…by farmers and ranchers are included this figure rises to at least $180 million. Additionally NRCS invested over $21.1 million in easement projects that preserve and restore California farmlands, wetlands,…
Family Farm Wins Against Development
…The Pamma‐Larkin farm is the third placed into a conservation easement as a result of NCRLT efforts supported by a California Farmland Conservancy Program (CFCP) planning grant. This is the…
Farm Real Estate Values Up
Farm real estate values are up 13% this year, but one expert says those big increases may slow down in the next year or so. Farmland values in the US…
Agreement in CFBF Lawsuit against Caltrans
…concern about how the project would impact farmland in the Little Lake Valley. The fear was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would destroy too much farmland during the project,…