Nanette Simonian

Nanette Simonian: Championing California Agriculture & Women in Ag

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…growth and mitigate stress during challenging conditions like heat and drought. The company’s team includes Caroline Kay, a former Bullard Knight, who discovered Seasol in Australia and helped bring it…

Bill Jones

Bill Jones: Fixing California’s Water and Future

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…and environmental politics have eroded the foundation of the state’s water system. “The drought isn’t caused by climate change—it’s caused by a failure to plan,” he said. “We’ve ignored the…

Bill Jones: “California Will Come Back Stronger Than Ever”

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…man-made, not climate-driven. “The drought isn’t from climate change, it’s from poor planning,” he said. “We built a world-class system in the 1960s but stopped maintaining it. You can’t run…

Karen Ross

Karen Ross on Water, Workforce, and the Future of California Agriculture

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…be growing the fabulous food that we do here in California.” The Water Challenge: Droughts, Floods, and Future Storage No discussion about California agriculture is complete without talking about water….

California’s water

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

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…at Avid Water. In a conversation with host Nick Papagni on the AgNet News Hour, Broad delved into the state’s ongoing struggle to manage water efficiently amid drought cycles, regulatory…

Kevin Kester

Kevin Kester on Ranching, Trade, and Ag’s Next Generation

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…overdrafted Paso Robles water basin. While drought still impacts his operation, he does not face the same basin management requirements looming over many producers in the San Joaquin Valley. That…

beef

Beef Supply Shortages and Meat Prices: Darren Hill of JD Food

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…beef industry.’ Drought and Its Impact on Cattle Herds Hill explained that severe drought conditions across the United States have caused major disruptions in beef supply. Nearly 30% of the…

Edward Ring

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

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…water allocation this year. Before 2000, full allocations were the norm, except during extreme drought. Since then, layers of environmental regulations and activist-driven litigation have made full allocations increasingly rare….