California’s water

California’s Water Puzzle: Insights from Avid Water’s Cory Broad

DanAgri-Business, Citrus, Interview, Irrigation, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

…Citrus Belt from Orange Cove down through Reedley and Terra Bella—you’ll find smaller growers,” Broad said. “Ten-, eighteen-, twenty-acre blocks are common, and that’s pretty normal.” By contrast, the west…

Alexandra Duarte

Alexandra Duarte’s Fight for California’s Future

DanAgri-Business, Economy, Education, Interview, Irrigation, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

From Farming Roots to Public Service Alexandra Duarte Alexandra Duarte, a candidate for California’s Fourth State Senate District, says her decision to run comes from a lifelong commitment to farming…

California raisin

California Raisin Leaders on Trade, Water & Future

DanAgri-Business, Economy, Energy, Grapes, Interview, Irrigation, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Tariffs, Trade, Water

…longstanding inequities in trade policy that have placed California growers at a disadvantage. Competing with Turkey and Leveraging USDA Programs When it comes to competing with lower-cost raisin producers such…

John Duarte

John Duarte on Central Valley Agriculture: Water, Prop 50, and the Future of Avocados

DanAgri-Business, Avocado, Economy, Environment, Grapes, Interview, Irrigation, Nursery crops, Pistachios, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

…vanity piece.” A Call for Common-Sense Leadership Duarte highlighted candidates like Lorenzo Rios, a military veteran and congressional hopeful whom he described as charismatic, sincere, and deeply committed to the…

Prop 50 Threatens Rural

Shannon Douglas: Leading California Agriculture Through Opportunity and Challenge

DanAgri-Business, Economy, Education, Event, Interview, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports

…international competition grows fiercer. Regulatory compliance costs alone have increased by 1,400% in the past 15 years, according to Farm Bureau data. Many family farms, particularly small and mid-sized operations,…

California truckers

California Trucking: Costs, Rules & Roadblocks

DanAgri-Business, Economy, Interview, Special Reports

…– markjr@wildwoodex.com Jose Nunez – jose@nuneztt.com Papagni closed by reminding listeners that The Ag Meter will continue providing updates on California freight and trucking policy as changes develop week by…