…3 Cleaned Beets Cubed 1QT Water 1 C Pistachios rough Chopped Drizzle Raw Honey Bravo Bilton Blue Cheese To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet…
New Water Bills Introduced
…introduced three new water bills geared toward helping California farmers through drought. Sabrina Hill spoke with Gray to get the full story. New Water Bills Full interview with Adam Gary…
Sending farmers to Mars
…and they will need to be exceptionally efficient. The soil will be very costly as it is shipped in from Earth, and they will have precious little water to grow…
Past Practices Responsibility of Present Farmers
Higher nitrate levels in groundwater reservoirs are partly due to farming practices from decades ago, yet reflect poorly on today’s growers. Responsibility of Present Farmers Nitrates in groundwater is what’s…
USDA Designates Imperial County in California as a Primary Natural Disaster Area with Assistance to Producers in Arizona
…a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity. Additional programs available to assist farmers and ranchers include the Emergency Conservation…
Gray Proposes Laws to Alleviate Effects of Drought in Valley, Statewide
…Assembly Bill (AB) 1242 prohibits the State Water Board from adopting water plans that significantly harm groundwater basins. For the past year, the Board has considered redirecting significantly more water…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased Slightly
…the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to increase water deliveries to most customers of the State Water Project (SWP) by an additional 204,000 acre-feet (AF). The modest increase in…
Zero Allocations…Again
…“preserving smelt so that they can be consumed by predator fish or toxins dumped thereby requiring more water is unacceptable. Establishing cold water habitats with warm water is ludicrous.” “We…
Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors
…and Valley communities to push for additional surface water and groundwater storage; improved conveyance through the state, specifically in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and a return to common-sense water policies…
CFBF Leader on Water Shortage, CVP Zero Allocation
…cutoff of water will prolong the impact of water shortages on farmers, their employees and rural communities. It’s maddening because California still struggles to manage water wisely and flexibly, especially…
Statement of Don Peracchi, President of Westlands Water District, on Bureau of Reclamation’s Allocation Announcement
…Valley Project is broken. Its failure threatens the continued coordination of local, state and federal water agencies in operating the modern water system on which all of California depends. And…
What ‘Potential to Discharge’ Means to You
The term ‘potential to discharge’ is causing concern amongst growers when it comes to reporting irrigation practices to area water coalitions. What is ‘Potential to Discharge’ Local water coalitions mailed…
USDA Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs
…relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing…
Farmers, Ranchers Call on Capitol Hill to Address Agriculture’s Needs
…Act, water regulation and biotechnology. “Congress needs to hear straight from farmers and ranchers about the issues and regulations that affect their ability to do their jobs each day,” Dale…