Photo by Len Wilcox USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talks about the concerns of low water and snowpack levels in the west. Low Water and Snowpack Level Concerns…
Kern County Farm Bureau Irrigation Efficiency Program Awarded $400,000 Grant from Bay-Delta Initiative
BDI grant will help local growers protect water quality, increase distribution uniformity on older performing irritation systems, reduce impacts to ground water and improve water management. Recently, the Kern County…
Water Quality
Corporate entities like a nationally known brewer are among those joining USDA as part of a National Water Quality Initiative. Cathy Isom looks at just how important this is. Water…
The Western View: El Nino Returns with a Whimper
…a good thing, with severe flooding, especially in coastal Peru and Chile. When El Nino is strong, it will bring nutrient-poor water to the fisheries off the west coast of…
Water Board Chair Says Many Don’t Understand Water Needs
…agriculture, but they also are disconnected from our water issues. She says they simply don’t know where their water comes from. Marcus would not talk about current water rights or…
Beet Curly Top Virus (CTV) Update
…Costa Water District. There were some patches of pepper grass also. Six (6) host plant samples were collected and sent for virus analysis. Four (4) were positive for curly top…
The California Kitchen: Pressure Cooked Beets with a Brule of Pistachio and Honey
…3 Cleaned Beets Cubed 1QT Water 1 C Pistachios rough Chopped Drizzle Raw Honey Bravo Bilton Blue Cheese To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet…
New Water Bills Introduced
…introduced three new water bills geared toward helping California farmers through drought. Sabrina Hill spoke with Gray to get the full story. New Water Bills Full interview with Adam Gary…
Sending farmers to Mars
…and they will need to be exceptionally efficient. The soil will be very costly as it is shipped in from Earth, and they will have precious little water to grow…
Gray Proposes Laws to Alleviate Effects of Drought in Valley, Statewide
…Assembly Bill (AB) 1242 prohibits the State Water Board from adopting water plans that significantly harm groundwater basins. For the past year, the Board has considered redirecting significantly more water…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased Slightly
…the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to increase water deliveries to most customers of the State Water Project (SWP) by an additional 204,000 acre-feet (AF). The modest increase in…
Zero Allocations…Again
…“preserving smelt so that they can be consumed by predator fish or toxins dumped thereby requiring more water is unacceptable. Establishing cold water habitats with warm water is ludicrous.” “We…
Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors
…and Valley communities to push for additional surface water and groundwater storage; improved conveyance through the state, specifically in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and a return to common-sense water policies…
CFBF Leader on Water Shortage, CVP Zero Allocation
…cutoff of water will prolong the impact of water shortages on farmers, their employees and rural communities. It’s maddening because California still struggles to manage water wisely and flexibly, especially…