Cotton Acreage May be Lowest Since the 1920s

Taylor HillmanCotton, Water

…25th annual meeting in Visalia there were three reasons for the lowest total cotton acres planted since the 1920s. “Water, prices and competing crops are the reasons cotton planting is…

Changes to WOTUS

Taylor HillmanGeneral

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy recently announced changes to the Waters of the U.S. rule – now known as the Clean Water rule. Seanica Otterby has the story. Waters…

The Role of Soils in Capturing Water

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…do soils, and the state of their health, play a key part in capturing water and preventing runoff, erosion and other environmental problems? The Role of Soils in Capturing Water

Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

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…than usual or buy water from other farmers. (Groundwater pumping replaced roughly 75% of the lost surface water.) Better groundwater management is a top priority Groundwater is California agriculture’s largest…