Getting an accurate evapostranspiration rate for locations in your production can be an important practice in surviving the prolonged drought in California. UC Cooperative Extension Horticulture Advisor, Mary Bianchi, said…
California Saw Snow Drought in 2016
…California ‘snow drought.’ The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) explains the term in its recently released Drought and Water Year 2016: Hot and Dry Conditions Continue, a water year…
Clean Water Act: Report Details how Agencies Expand Authority
…they must leave it idle due to drought or other conditions beyond their control.” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said the report exposed “reckless and unlawful actions” in…
Putin Tells Russia to Not Hurry Grain Movement
…year enjoyed a mild winter and warm, wet summer, helping them bounce back from the 2010 drought. Russia’s agricultural output has gradually recovered from its tough Soviet times when the…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
Having reduced their plantings in recent years due to the drought, California rice farmers are harvesting a bigger crop this season—but they are also feeling the pinch of lower market…
Drought May Accelerate Shot Hole Borer Spread
Shot hole borer spread might be aided by the prolonged drought as the pest was introduced to California during the some of the state’s driest years. As the drought continues,…
Farmers Consider Impacts of River Plan
…a region beset by high unemployment and other impacts of a lingering recession and drought.” The document predicted the plan would cause the Merced County economy to shrink by $231…
Project Aids Food Supply for Delta Smelt
…see if we could boost the delta smelt food supply in the western delta in this fifth year of drought,” said Charlton Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish…
Water Use/Climate Research Fellowships for CA Students
…of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Award amount: $132,000 California Stanford University: 2 awards Project title: Drinking Water Security in Times of Drought and Beyond: Improved Prediction, Management, and Decision-Making…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 CA Drought for Ag
…to drought, a small proportion of California’s 9.3 million acres of irrigated crops. Almost all fallowed land due to drought is projected to be on the west side of the…
Agrium in Merger Talks with Potash Corp.
…weather conditions, including impacts from regional flooding and/or drought conditions; crop planted acreage, yield and prices; the supply and demand and price levels for our major products may vary from…
Delta Smelt Strategy Shows Promising Results
…Delta smelt food supply in the western Delta in this fifth year of drought,” said Charlton H. Bonham, Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. He added, “The…
Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program
…Grasshoppers are natural components of this ecosystem; however, their populations can reach outbreak levels and cause serious economic losses to rangeland forage, especially when accompanied by a drought. Grasshoppers cause…
Processing Tomato Production-2016
…percent below the May forecast. Drought conditions and hot weather lead to an early start to the harvest season. Harvest began in mid-June in the southern growing areas. The harvest…