…or download audio report Agriculture businesses make sure their workers stay safe while working in high heat by doing things like providing water and shade. But attorney Melanie Aldridge says…
Farm Bill Effect on Latest CRP Sign Up
The extension of the current Farm Bill led to a shorter Conservation Reserve Program general sign up period. Rod Bain reports. Click to open or download audio report…
Deadline for FAACT Class Applications
…program provides community leaders with a comprehensive eight-month series highlighting specific issue areas in agriculture. Participants learn more about air quality, land use planning, water quality regulations and water supply…
AgNet West e-News: Asian Citrus Psyllid in Tulare; Surface Water Shortage; Soil Nutrients
This week’s issue of the AgNet West e-News includes information on the Asian citrus psyllid in Tulare, surface water shortage, and soil nutrients. Click here to view the current issue….
Surface Water Shortage
There are more hard times ahead when it comes to the agriculture water supplies in California. The State Water Resources Control Board issues a notice of surface water shortage. Sabrina…
Water Use Efficiency for Almonds Seminar
Almond growers are invited to a seminar on water use efficiency. It’s organized by the Center for Irrigation Technology Ag Water Energy Center at California State University, Fresno. The event…
Valadao Pleased With Vote on Water Amendment
On Capitol Hill this week, the House has been working on the spending bill for water and energy programs. Cindy Zimmerman has more. Click to open or download audio report…
DWR Announces Groundwater Assistance Grants
…84, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006. The program helps local agencies perform groundwater studies, monitoring, and management…
Heat Illness Prevention
…to open or download audio report It’s suspected the 30-year-old farm worker died last week from heat illness he suffered while picking watermelons in Fresno County. Growers and labor contractors…
AgNeTVideo – Congressman Jim Costa on Water Billboards
They’ve been around for years-several billboards placed along Highway 99 throughout several counties in the central part of the state, all blaming the Central Valley’s agriculture water crisis on politicians….
Supreme Court Sides With Florida Landowner In Permit Fight
…Court ruling in the battle between the estate of landowner Coy Koontz, Sr., and the St. Johns River Water Management District. The case stemmed from Koontz’s plan to develop 3.7…
FID Deliveries to End in July Due to Limited Supply
…our water system operators in scheduling deliveries and conserving water,” Serrato said. However, he added, growers will now need to rely upon groundwater for any late summer or fall irrigation….
Costa: House Fails Rural America and Consumers
…the bathwater, and we could have reached a compromise with the Senate. That is what the legislative process is about; it’s time to end this cycle of take it or…
New Regulations Mean More Work
…water regulations will require more record-keeping, and that could add hours to a farmer’s already long day. It’s all in an attempt to stay on top of “groundwater loading” –…