…and as part of an ongoing effort to respond to California’s historic drought, the Governor’s Drought Task Force has committed to working with affected communities to develop near-term and long-term…
2015 Water Year Hottest and Driest on Record – From the California Department of Water Resources
…see enough precipitation and enough snowpack to move California closer to the end of the drought. A fifth year of drought certainly is a possibility. California has experienced two six-year…
The Western View: Rally Friday – Take Back Our Water
…Our Water Farmers, businesses and central California political leaders are holding the rally to support Assemblyman Jim Patterson’s request for a special legislative session to address the drought. It will…
CDFA Funds $9.38 Million to Assist Farmers in Drought
…that reduce energy use resulting in greenhouse gas (GHGs) emission reductions and water savings. SWEEP arises from emergency drought legislation (SB 103) signed in early 2014 by Gov. Brown. The…
Farmers Report Shortage of Help to Harvest Crops
With fewer acres planted as a result of the drought, many observers assumed more farm employees would be looking to do other farm-related work, but farmers throughout the state continue…
The Western View: California Grown
Like everyone else involved with agriculture, I was feeling a little picked on by the folks down south and in Sacramento. With the drought hitting home for the entire state,…
NRCS Partners in California Receive $2.7 Million for Conservation Innovations
…District will work to demonstrate how a traditional vineyard can be converted into a drought-resilient and carbon-sequestering farm that includes multiple perennial crop types and wildlife habitat. The University of…
Water Cuts Threaten Rice Field Bird Habitat
…to pay for added costs to pump groundwater. Decisions have not yet been announced. Four years into the drought, Mark Biddlecomb, Ducks Unlimited Western regional director, said conditions for migrating…
FSA Offers Help for CA Farmers, Ranchers Affected by Fires
…by natural disasters and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought. Today, fire seasons are 78 days longer than in the 1970s. Since 2000, at…
The Western View: Wildfires
…brown pine trees that had been weakened by drought then killed by a beetle infestation. Those trees stood brown and dry, ready to explode. The brush stood waist-high and thick….
USDA Offers Help to Fire-Affected Farmers and Ranchers
…damaged by natural disasters and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought. Producers located in counties that received a primary or contiguous disaster designation are…
Navel Crop Estimated Large, Might Miss Target
…Thousands of acres have been removed during the current drought. The 2,000-acre reduction used by CASS is probably conservative, in which case the crop will come in below this estimate….
Agri View: El Niño
Everett Griner talks about getting relief from the long drought in today’s Agri View. El Niño…
Progress Reported on Planning for Sites Reservoir
…by a deeper drought, followed by a comprehensive package of water-related legislation, followed by California voters decisively passing a $7.12 billion bond measure that includes $2.7 billion set aside for…