AG ALERT: Rice farmers enlisted to sustain Pacific Flyway birds Ag Alert Fish and wildlife January 19, 2022By Edgar Sanchez, Ag Alert Sixth-generation rice grower Jeff Gallagher is perpetually surrounded by birds on the Sutter County farm...
COMMENTARY: Despite heavy snow, we must seek a new water path Ag Alert CommentaryPlanning and management January 5, 2022By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy...
AG ALERT: FDA seeks to simplify farm water use regulations Ag Alert AgricultureWater quality January 5, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Growing food safely has always been a priority on farms and ranches across California, as...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir clears a critical funding hurdle Ag Alert Policy and regulation December 12, 2021By Christine Souza The atmospheric river storm that brought some rain and snow to the parched state may serve as...
AG ALERT: Research shows grazing by cattle can help vernal pools Ag Alert Agriculture December 12, 2021From Ag Alert Giving 1,200-pound cows access to one of California’s most fragile and biologically rich ecosystems seems a strange...
AG ALERT: Cover crops can capture water, recharge aquifers Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News December 8, 2021By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert When a rare heavy rain used to fall on Jim Chew’s Madera County farm, the...
AG ALERT: Judge reviews biological opinions in water dispute Ag Alert Water project operations December 8, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A federal judge is reviewing a proposed order requesting approval of an interim operations plan...
AG ALERT: Severe water cuts loom for agencies Ag Alert Policy and regulation December 8, 2021From the California Farm Bureau Federation: California Department of Water Resources has warned water agencies that contract with the State...
AG ALERT: Comprehensive update to aid in managing aquifers Ag Alert Groundwater News November 24, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert To keep people informed about the status of groundwater, especially as the state experiences drought...
AG ALERT: State calls on local agencies to protect groundwater Ag Alert Groundwater News November 24, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert For the first time in California history, local agencies and groundwater users are required to...
AG ALERT: Alfalfa has ‘high flexibility’ for droughts and floods Ag Alert Agriculture November 24, 2021By Bob Johnson Alfalfa’s water resiliency may become even more important, with the changing climate expected to produce more extreme...
AG ALERT: Measuring the future for aquifers Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News November 24, 2021By Dennis Pollock It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to manage water,...
AG ALERT: Measuring the future for aquifers Ag Alert Groundwater News November 24, 2021By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to...
AG ALERT: New fertilizer management tools aid desert growers Ag Alert Water quality November 10, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Three years of studies on commercial fields point to the conclusion that many desert region...
COMMENTARY: We can help farmers by retiring some parched lands Ag Alert CommentaryGroundwater News November 10, 2021By Jay Ziegler, director of policy for The Nature Conservancy, and Dan Vink, principal partner for Six-33 Solutions, for Ag...
