California’s water

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

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

…fuel and equipment wear.” This method not only saves money but also helps reduce environmental impact by limiting runoff and ensuring nutrients go exactly where they’re needed. Groundwater and Water…

Alexandra Duarte

Alexandra Duarte’s Fight for California’s Future

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…pushed back on the notion that farming is at odds with environmentalism. She argued that farmers are the state’s best environmentalists, caring for the land, crops, and orchards as if…

California raisin

California Raisin Leaders on Trade, Water & Future

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…A Different Playing Field While California growers face strict labor, environmental, and food safety regulations, conditions in Turkey are very different. Cardoza described a system where most of Turkey’s 46,000…

John Duarte

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

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…represented by a myriad of coastal hard-left legislators,” Duarte said. “Our communities are uniquely vulnerable if Prop 50 passes.” Farmers as Environmental Stewards Nick Papagni observed that many urban politicians…

Prop 50 Threatens Rural

Shannon Douglas: Leading California Agriculture Through Opportunity and Challenge

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…could reshape land use, water rights, and environmental oversight in agriculture. Douglas describes it as “devastating” for family farmers, with unintended consequences that could ripple through rural economies. CFBF has…

California truckers

California Trucking: Costs, Rules & Roadblocks

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…owner of Wildwood Express Trucking, and Jose Nunez, the company’s safety coordinator. Their perspective highlighted the growing divide between federal trucking policy and California’s aggressive environmental mandates. Diesel Exhaust Fluid…

Mike Harvey and Lorenzo Rios Share Powerful Stories on AgNet News Hour

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…environmental stewards rather than the problem. Both guests echoed a common message: California agriculture cannot survive without policy changes, water investment, and strong leadership. And both pointed to the Central…

Lisa Kerr Warns of Policy Threats and Fights for California Farmers

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…of the conversation. Kerr argued California’s shortages are a manmade crisis, worsened by policy failures and financial interests. With water being traded as a commodity and environmental groups wielding outsized…

Edward Ring

California’s Water Crisis: Edward Ring Calls for Abundance Over Scarcity

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…year,” Ring said. “That would open up options for both environmentalists and farmers.” What Abundance Could Mean for California Ring painted a transformative vision of water abundance: rehydrated cities, reduced…