Blake Sanden For today’s Almond Board Update, we are talking about the importance of distribution uniformity of irrigation systems. Blake Sanden is the irrigation and soils advisor for Kern County…
Drought Leads to Early Removal of Almonds
…area will hold out. David Doll, a University of California pomology farm advisor in Merced County, said farm advisors generally recommend that if growers were planning to remove blocks of…
Senator Galgiani Introduces Water Bond Legislation
…Initial Alternatives Information Report, dated May 2006. (2) Temperance Flat Reservoir located in the Counties of Fresno and Madera, as identified in the Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation…
CDFA Drought Meeting Next Week
…discussions. The first includes representatives from the Merced County Farm Bureau, the California Cattlemen’s Association, the Almond Board of California, and possibly the California Tomato Growers Association. The second panel…
One, Two Punch Now Triple Threat for Citrus
Les Wright Fresno County Ag Commissioner The one, two punch for citrus growers in Central California is now a triple threat: Asian citrus psyllid, December’s freeze and now zero water…
Zero Water Allocation for State’s Top-Producing County
…Fresno County Farm Bureau Executive Director Ryan Jacobsen explains this now confirms everyone is in this together. Zero Water Allocation To read the full statement released by the Fresno County…
AgNeTVideo: Fresno County Agriculture Commissioner on Water Crisis
Fresno County Ag Commissioner Les Write tells AgNet West what growers, other business owners and the general public can expect due to the water crisis….
Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors
Ryan Jacobsen, Fresno County Farm Bureau Fresno County Farm Bureau has issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement of the non-existent federal surface water supplies for Fresno County…
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Announces Zero Water Allocation for California Farms
FRESNO, CA – Today the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced an initial zero water allocation for south-of-Delta Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors. This comes as no surprise due…
USDA Releases a First Look at 2012 Census of Agriculture Results
…typical crop year, and drought had a major impact on U.S. agriculture, affecting crop yields, production and prices. NASS is still reviewing all 2012 Census items to the county level…
Drought influences dairy farmers’ feed plans
…Donny Rollin of Fresno County. Poor range conditions due to drought have forced many beef cattle ranchers and sheep producers to feed more hay, depleting inventories and pushing prices up…
EPA Protects Wetlands in Calif. and Ariz. with $1.5 Million in Grants
…This is a list of the 2013 grantees: Bishop Paiute Tribe (Bishop, Calif.) Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (Rohnert Park, Calif.) Pala Tribe (Pala, Calif.) Pinoleville Pomo Nation (Mendocino County,…
Video: President Obama Responds to the California Drought
Continuing coverage of President Barack Obama’s visit to the Central Valley President Obama visited Joe Del Bosque’s farm in Merced County to view the damage caused by the California drought….
Federal Drought Aid Coming to California; Long Term Solution Sought
Continuing coverage of President Barack Obama’s visit to the Central Valley Air Force One lands in Fresno Photo by Len Wilcox The severity and impact of California’s drought was brought…