Amidst ongoing drought conditions, development of the Sites Reservoir Project continues to move forward. Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, Mike Wade said it has been a long…
Land Fallowing Could Reach More Than 690,000 Acres Due to Drought
…available water. Overall, California could be looking at a decline in economic activity of approximately $3.5 billion. Drought conditions causing a drop in acreage used for food production will also…
Cattle, Water Industry Reps Gives Insights During First WOTUS Roundtable
…at that, you are perennials and even some intermittents are going to have an impact. Ephemerals have little,” he said. “I was just looking at the drought monitor and there…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 06-03-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the agenda for an upcoming state ag board meeting on drought, unexpected relief…
West Nile Virus Still a Threat to Horses Despite Drought
Many parts of the nation are in drought, but that doesn’t mean the end of mosquitos. Find out what that means for your horses, in today’s This Land of Ours….
California Dairies Answering the Call for Fertilizer Needs
…south and I’m very happy to see it. Because anything we can do to offset some of these high feed costs as a result of the drought, hopefully, will keep…
Quinoa Bacteria Research
…and is ready for harvest. It could help in cases of soil salinity, pest pressures, and even drought. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Quinoa Bacteria…
USDA to Provide $6 Billion in Natural Disaster Assistance to Producers
…designed to offset crop yield and value losses that producers have suffered as a result of natural disasters including wildfires, excessive heat, smoke exposure, and qualifying drought. Existing Federal Crop…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 05-02-22
…and Ag Board meeting on drought and workforce, and a recap of the Farm Bill hearing on SNAP. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and…
Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire Receive Payments
…five months of feed assistance in times of drought, which is triggered by the drought monitor and indexed to previous years’ corn prices. Because of the ongoing supply chain challenges,…
Watershed Infrastructure Projects Receive $420 Million in Support
…life of its citizens. · Tumalo, Owyhee and East Fork Irrigation Districts Modernization Projects, Oregon: Modernization provides a climate resilient solution to offset the impact of drought throughout the regions…
CDFA Receives $4 Million to Support Specialty Crop Research
…water saving in vine plants, finding cost-effective solutions for heat tolerance and drought, to addressing food safety risks for produce.” A project to better understand and improve nitrogen use efficiency…
Week in Review: More Farmland Fallowing & Burn Restrictions Impacting Vineyard Removals
With drought conditions rivaling those experienced in 2015, there are expectations for further agricultural land fallowing this year. The California Department of Water Resources is investing more than $33 million…
‘More Significant Land Fallowing’ Expected This Year with Ongoing Drought
…is actually very evocative of 2015 which was California’s last big drought,” Nemeth explained. “There is growing evidence that suggests that perhaps this drought is actually a continuation of that…