AG ALERT: Stored water gives farmers hope for plentiful supplies Ag Alert Current Conditions November 29, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California’s weather swings from droughts to floods, farmers say they are planning for either...
AG ALERT: Legal battles over elk stress dairy farmers Ag Alert Agriculture November 29, 2023By John Beck, Ag Alert In the 1960s, dairy farmers along the Marin County coast agreed to sell their ranches...
AG ALERT: Floodwaters on farms help boost aquifers Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News November 15, 2023By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation The historically wet winter early this year motivated greater adoption of a water...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir on fast track for final legal green light Ag Alert Policy and regulation November 15, 2023By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert After decades of discussions and delays, a major new reservoir in Northern California is close...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Blueprint seeks water reliability for San Joaquin Valley farmers Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary November 8, 2023By Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, posted at Ag Alert California’s San Joaquin Valley is...
AG ALERT: Wet year improves Colorado River status Ag Alert AgricultureColorado River November 1, 2023By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert A consensus plan agreed to last spring by states in the Colorado River’s Lower Basin...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert Agriculture October 25, 2023By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Farmers fight to fix a river channel before next flood Ag Alert Commentary October 25, 2023By Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau During atmospheric river storms that hit California in January...
AG ALERT: Farmers, tribes weigh in on river flows for salmon Ag Alert Agriculture October 18, 2023By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Farmers, ranchers, tribal members and others who rely on water from the Scott...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Farmers need support in rollout of groundwater law Ag Alert CommentaryGroundwater News October 18, 2023By: Justin Fredrickson, a water and environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau A Public Policy Institute of California...
AG ALERT: El Niño lifts hopes for more water, stirs fears of flooding Ag Alert Current Conditions October 11, 2023By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert California reservoirs are brimming at historic levels after a water year described as akin to...
AG ALERT: Farmers join study on curbing water use Ag Alert Agriculture October 4, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert After several multiyear droughts, those connected to water in California are looking at strategies to...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Data tool emerges as water-rights threat is defeated Ag Alert CommentaryPolicy and regulation October 4, 2023By Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate for the California Farm Bureau In the past several years, the equity and effectiveness...
AG ALERT: Water and high prices aid California potato farmers Ag Alert Agriculture September 27, 2023By Vicky Boyd, California Farm Bureau Federation After a four-year decline in potato production nationwide, this season’s crop appears poised...
AG ALERT: Grasshoppers wreak havoc, destroy crops in North State Ag Alert Agriculture September 27, 2023By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Farmers in counties along the California-Oregon border have reported millions of dollars of...