Floodwaters in and around Tulare County are raising concerns related to herd health among the dairy operations in the region. The issue was highlighted at a recent meeting of the…
March Storm Damage Continues to be Assessed in Monterey County
Monterey County officials are continuing efforts to assess March storm damage. At the most recent meeting of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Juan…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 04-10-23
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers CDFA providing $1.1 million for IPM assistance, storm impact updates for Monterey County,…
Week in Review: Water Allocations Double & Port Labor Dispute Heating Up
…pheromone compound that is showing some promise. The counties of Kern, Mariposa, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Tulare, and Tuolumne have been included in the declaration. Subscribe to the weekly…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 04-07-23
…massive flooding sits in Tulare orchards, and the cotton industry’s top priorities for the next Farm Bill. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more….
Federal Disaster Declaration to Aid Recovery Efforts in California
…assistance efforts. Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Juan Hidalgo, and Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever Blatter also provided insight on how storm damage has impacted their communities. The…
Record-Breaking Snowpack Brings Additional Flood Risk
…Tulare Lake region; which is ranging anywhere between 265 percent of average in the Kings River watershed upwards to an absurdly high 422 percent of average for a snowmelt runoff…
Recent Storms Help to Double SWP Allocation
…the year. DWR is expecting the San Luis Reservoir in Merced County to end the wet season at full capacity. The largest reservoir in the SWP system, Lake Oroville is…
Floodwaters Create ‘Situational Crisis’ for California Dairy Farmers
COURTESY: ANJA RAUDABAUGH Dairy farmers in the San Joaquin Valley are working to overcome the impacts of substantial flooding. Last week’s storms have left broad swaths of Tulare County under…
California Storms Continue Taking a Toll on Agriculture
…and the farming operations.” Estimates thus far have been roughly one-fifth of strawberry farms in the area have been damaged by the series of California storms. Monterey County had already…
Pollinator Habitat Program Awards $12 Million to 10 Projects
…the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego and nearly $300,000 to the Colusa County Resource Conservation District. The Alameda County Resource Conservation District also received nearly $178,000 to help…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 03-07-23
…looking at almond statements, and H-2A/labor shortages with Stanislaus County Farm Bureau. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous AgNet News…
Six GSPs Approved and Another Six Deemed ‘Inadequate’ by DWR
…that were deemed inadequate were Chowchilla Subbasin, Delta-Mendota Subbasin, Kaweah Subbasin, Tule Subbasin, Tulare Lake Subbasin, and Kern Subbasin. DWR indicated that these basins “did not appropriately address deficiencies” in…
Rice Growers Prepare to Receive $250 Million from USDA
…closure of the application window. Payment rates will be determined by average actual production history, county yield and the amount of certified rice acres determined by the number of planted…