…the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to increase water deliveries to most customers of the State Water Project (SWP) by an additional 204,000 acre-feet (AF). The modest increase in…
Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors
…Valley Project surface water availabilities. When: Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 11 a.m. Where: Fresno County Farm Bureau 1274 W. Hedges Ave. Fresno, CA 93728 Representatives will also be available for…
CFBF Leader on Water Shortage, CVP Zero Allocation
…surface-water storage projects is apportioned as rapidly and as effectively as possible,” Wenger said. “We are suffering now from our past failure to improve our water system. We shouldn’t compound…
Statement of Don Peracchi, President of Westlands Water District, on Bureau of Reclamation’s Allocation Announcement
For the second year in a row, California farmers will not be receiving any water from the Central Valley Project. The announcement today from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that…
Assembly Member Gray Announces Joint Committee Hearings on Rail
…federal and state funding.” “This is the kind of project that sidesteps political hurdles and makes real change in the lives of real people,” continued Gray. “The construction and travel…
Almond Board of California Leadership Program Begins Seventh Year
…participants design and carry out a special project, which is presented at the Almond Industry Conference in December, their final event of the program. Since the Almond Leadership Program was…
3rd Rustici Rangeland Science Symposium
…Executive Officer for the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, and an Executive Sponsor for the Grazing Regulatory Action Project (GRAP). She will discuss the policies and compliance requirements that…
Devastating Citrus Greening Disease Targeted by USDA Grants
…new research projects aimed at preventing and diagnosing the devastating citrus greening disease have been launched at the University of California, Davis, funded by more than $5 million in grants…
CWA Calls California FFA to Tell Their Truth
…would lead me to where I am today, I would have thought you were crazy,” said Figone. “I hope this project will bring greater awareness to this organization, as it…
Vilsack Announces $30 Million to Fight Citrus Disease
…solutions to help the citrus industry fight HLB. The projects include: Two projects to provide improved delivery of thermotherapy to HLB infected trees, a promising treatment that has shown to…
National Agriculture Day: Poster and Poetry Contests Entries Being Accepted
…Project, Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. To obtain flyers containing contest rules, please contact the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau at (831)…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…water from Shasta Dam through the federal Central Valley Project, he said she received no water and ended up planting only one-fifth of the land, using groundwater and “what some…
Pollinator Seeds Have Added Benefit
Free seeds available from Project Apis M help pollinators and have some added benefits for growers. Pollinator Seeds Have Added Benefit Project Apis M offers free ground cover seeds for…
USDA Invests $18 Million to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
…socially disadvantaged farmers. Among today’s announcement, more than 15 percent of the funded projects have a substantial component that supports veterans and farming, while about 50 percent of the projects…