…and Ag Board meeting on drought and workforce, and a recap of the Farm Bill hearing on SNAP. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and…
Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire Receive Payments
…five months of feed assistance in times of drought, which is triggered by the drought monitor and indexed to previous years’ corn prices. Because of the ongoing supply chain challenges,…
Watershed Infrastructure Projects Receive $420 Million in Support
…life of its citizens. · Tumalo, Owyhee and East Fork Irrigation Districts Modernization Projects, Oregon: Modernization provides a climate resilient solution to offset the impact of drought throughout the regions…
CDFA Receives $4 Million to Support Specialty Crop Research
…water saving in vine plants, finding cost-effective solutions for heat tolerance and drought, to addressing food safety risks for produce.” A project to better understand and improve nitrogen use efficiency…
Week in Review: More Farmland Fallowing & Burn Restrictions Impacting Vineyard Removals
With drought conditions rivaling those experienced in 2015, there are expectations for further agricultural land fallowing this year. The California Department of Water Resources is investing more than $33 million…
‘More Significant Land Fallowing’ Expected This Year with Ongoing Drought
…is actually very evocative of 2015 which was California’s last big drought,” Nemeth explained. “There is growing evidence that suggests that perhaps this drought is actually a continuation of that…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 04-11-22
…fertilizer needs, and how drought and SGMA requirements are impacting agriculture’s footprint in California. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous…
Week in Review: Drought Conditions Back to 2015 Levels & Cotton Acreage and Prices Up
DWR personnel have indicated that current snow levels and water conditions are similar to those seen during the height of the last drought. Cotton acreage is expected to increase to…
DWR Making Investments in Much-Needed Canal Repairs
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is investing more than $33 million to assist with needed canal repairs. Issues of subsidence were highlighted during the last drought that California…
Reclamation Updates CVP Allocations and Operations
…coming from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta via the Delta-Mendota Canal. Similar to what occurred in relation to drought conditions in 2014 and 2015, releases from Friant Dam will take…
Cotton Acreage Up with Record Prices But Short of Potential Due to Water
…just don’t have the water this year. It’s the third year of a drought with a lot of the high impact areas already implementing SGMA restrictions and pumping restrictions,” said…
Snow Levels and Water Conditions at Comparable Levels to 2013 and 2015
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) personnel have indicated that current snow levels and water conditions are similar to those seen during the height of the last drought. During the…
Additional Payments for Livestock Producers Affected by Drought and Wildfire
…have suffered grazing losses in a county rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) for eight consecutive weeks or a D3 (extreme drought) or higher…
Exceptionally Dry Conditions Prompt Further Drought Action
After a historically dry January and February, officials are taking further drought action. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has reduced allocations for the State Water Project to five…