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…

California

California Farmers Confront Global Competition and Retail Pressure on AgNet News Hour

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…prices just as producers begin recovering from pandemic-era losses. Lane emphasized that while the Trump administration’s beef stabilization plan offers promise—focusing on herd rebuilding, processing expansion, and grazing access—import balance…

Van Groningen

Van Groningen & Sons: A Century of California Farming

DanAgri-Business, Corn, Economy, Education, Field & Row Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Interview, Melons, Nursery crops, Special Reports

…while we’re still harvesting this year’s crops.” For the Van Groningen family, farming is an ongoing cycle of planning, planting, harvesting, and improvement. “You always have to think one, two,…

Bill Jones

Bill Jones: Fixing California’s Water and Future

DanAgri-Business, Drought, Economy, Education, Environment, Exports/Imports, Exports/Imports, Interview, Irrigation, Labor and Immigration, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Trade, Water

…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…

Karen Ross

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

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…economic development plan was built on 13 regions,” she explained. “What works in Long Beach, Reedley, and Humboldt are three very different things. But ag rose up as one of…

California’s water

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

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…months in advance,” he said. “If the allocation comes too late, it affects everything—from planting to irrigation equipment orders. Farmers can’t plan efficiently, and suppliers like us are forced to…

Alexandra Duarte

Alexandra Duarte’s Fight for California’s Future

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…are not strictly partisan. Issues such as water, forestry management, safety, and regulatory reform, she argued, are bipartisan needs that impact all residents. She highlighted rural water projects, including the…

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…