USDA Announces New Grants to Help Communities Meet Water Challenges in Coming Years

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…initiative to provide solutions to agricultural water challenges. The grants will be used to develop management practices, technologies and tools for farmers, ranchers, forest owners and citizens to improve water…

Water Crisis Results from Years of Inaction

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…economy of California will be severe, calling the cutbacks “just the tip of the iceberg of devastation” that will face farmers, ranchers and consumers throughout California. “All people in California…

Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors

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…farmers: The statement by CEO/Executive Director Ryan Jacobsen: “Today’s announcement of an initial percent water allocation for Fresno County federal water contractors will greatly affect its $6.58 billion (2012) agriculture…

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Announces Zero Water Allocation for California Farms

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…impossible to meet the water supply needs of California farmers and communities. What is particularly troubling is that these policies have provided no discernible benefit to the environment,” said Tom…

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the 2012 Census of Agriculture Preliminary Results

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…and ranchers. A bright spot in the data is the slight increase in young farmers and the stable number of small farms and large-scale farms. This reflects our work to…

Promoting California Milk

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We talked with Jennifer Giambroni, Director of Communications for the California Milk Advisory Board. The Milk Advisory Board wants to educate consumers about buying from California dairy farmers. Visit the…

Gov. Brown, Legislative Leaders Announce Emergency Drought Legislation

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…California Department of Food and Agriculture launched a drought website to help farmers, ranchers and farmworkers find resources and assistance programs that may be available to them during the drought….