California walnut growers are looking forward to a promising 2025 crop, thanks to favorable early season conditions. After three years of above-average precipitation, surface water levels are sufficient, and soil…
Fig Crop Shaping Up to be Promising
…a beautiful, natural and unique fruit; all involved in their production are committed to caring for the ecosystem and are focused on sustainability and conservation of the land, water, and…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 05-12-25
…about the environmental groups’ petition to the Trump administration to enforce regulations on Colorado River water use, potentially reducing agricultural water allocation. The debate highlights the tension between environmental conservation…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 05-09-25
…and Lorrie broke the EPA’s budget and staffing cuts, aiming to return staffing to 1980s levels, and their focus on cybersecurity, emergency responses, and water conservation. The conversation shifts to…
American Agriculture History Minute: Irrigation Key to Great American Desert Farming
Lyon’s well in the desert where water was sold, Colorado Desert, ca.1890-1900 Photograph of Six men and a woman stand by a small adobe building and a structure which houses…
Adding 10 Million Acre Feet Water in California
kallahar, via Wikimedia Commons How to add 10-million-acre feet to the California water supply. Edward Ring says there’s a way! For starters the water guzzling overcrowded forest, a study says,…
The Lipstick Farmer
…1% of America’s farmland, it produces 8% of the country’s food supply. Over 200 crops are grown here watered by the canals which bring water down from the Sacramento Delta….
American Agriculture History Minute: First Major Agricultural Settlement
…transformed Colorado and records show there was little opposition to federal water projects. During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, an estimated one-tenth of Colorado’s topsoil blew away. That’s today’s…
AgNet News Hour Tueday, 05-06-25
…the Kentucky Derby, noting the genetic connection of horses to Secretariat, and water issues in California, with farmers pressing for more water resources. Listen to previous AgNet News Hour episodes……
Central Valley Project Water Supply Allocation for 2025 Season Announced
Allison Febbo – Westland Water District Bureau of Reclamation announced the Central Valley Project Water Supply allocation for the 2025 water year. This specifically south of the Delta agriculture contract,…
California Walnut Growers Experiencing Promising Early Season
…favorable climate conditions follow three consecutive years of average to above average rainfall and snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The current growing season benefits from adequate surface water and…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 05-02-25
…California’s water situation, noting that two reservoirs, Shasta and Oroville, are at full capacity for the third consecutive year, despite only allocating 50% water to Central Valley farmers. California’s reservoirs…
Water Supply Allocations Increase for Some Central Valley Farmers
By kallahar, via Wikimedia Commons Continuing to focus on maximizing California’s water supplies, the Bureau of Reclamation has announced another increase in water supply allocations for the Central Valley Project…
Almond Update: Almond Advocacy Messaging
…comes to mind often for me, is the work we’ve done in the stewardship and sustainability area. We have incredible data to be able to show water efficiency, the work…