…44 percent of the state experiencing ‘exceptional drought’ – the highest designation. Last year, more than 400,000 acres of farmland were fallowed and approximately 17,000 jobs were lost at a…
Top-Four Myths of the California Drought
…the California Farm Water Coalition, this will result in 30 percent of the irrigated farmland in the state receiving no surface water and approximately 620,000 acres (which equals almost 970…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…base of rural counties, and what that means for schools and other services. We need to be sure our fellow Californians also recognize the environmental values that well-managed farmland provides….
Eight Facts about Almonds, Agriculture and the Drought
…almonds make up less than 12 percent of the state’s total irrigated farmland and use only eight percent of the state’s agricultural (not total) water. That means that about 90…
USDA to Provide $332 Million to Protect and Restore Agricultural Working Lands, Grasslands and Wetlands
…of our nation’s farmland, ranchland, wetlands and grasslands for future generations.” The 2014 Farm Bill consolidated three previous conservation easement programs into ACEP to make it easier for diverse agricultural…
Farm Leader: Emerency Legislation Underscores Drought Crisis
…to 100 percent, and water shortages will force hundreds of thousands of acres of productive farmland to be idled,” Wenger said. “Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost on…
Western View: Estate Tax Planning
…use – that farmland would be appraised as farmland, not as land ready to be developed. So this amount excludes a lot of farms in other parts of the country….
USDA NASS Continues to Survey Farmers and Landlords for TOTAL Survey
…about farm operators and landlords, and improvements made to farmland and buildings, among other characteristics. The results of this survey will serve as the primary source of information for numerous…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased Slightly
…the water carried over in SWP reservoirs from 2013 and earlier years. Roughly 25 million Californians and nearly one million acres of irrigated farmland, mostly in Kern and Kings counties,…
Statement of Don Peracchi, President of Westlands Water District, on Bureau of Reclamation’s Allocation Announcement
…more than one million acres of highly productive farmland will once again receive a zero allocation of water this year should make one thing abundantly clear. The federal government’s Central…
Tickets are Now on Sale for Farm Night at the Film Festival
Join the San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau at the 21st Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival for a screening of the film Farmland. Tickets are now on sale…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Makes Major Announcement Regarding Conservation Projects
…riparian habitat and improve irrigation on 1,000 farmland acres. A complete list of the projects and their descriptions is available on the NRCS website. New RCPP projects throughout the country…
Western View: High Speed Rail?
…is in more than dollars. The high speed rail will cost at least 1500 acres of farmland. It’s destroying Fresno’s Chinatown, which is a unique historic district with its own…
California Crop and Weather Report
…rains. In preparation for almond pollination in the spring, bees were brought into several central counties. Sheep and cattle grazed on rangeland, alfalfa fields, retired farmland areas, and small grain…