AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Why alfalfa is ideal for California and the Southwest Ag Alert AgricultureColorado RiverCommentary August 2, 2023Commentary by Ayman Mostafa, Ph.D., a field crops and entomology specialist and director of the Urban Agriculture Production, Small-Scale and...
AG ALERT: Hearings pending on aquifer plans for six subbasins Ag Alert Groundwater News June 28, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Local agencies for six San Joaquin Valley subbasins, facing possible state intervention after their groundwater...
AG ALERT: Coalition opposes bills to overhaul water rights rules Ag Alert Policy and regulation June 20, 2023From Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California experiences wild swings in climate from drought to floods, critics of the state’s...
AG ALERT: Imperial Valley farmers await water deal Ag Alert Colorado River June 14, 2023By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert California, Arizona and Nevada reached a long-sought consensus last month on how to conserve water...
AG ALERT: Despite storms, farmers still face water supply cuts Ag Alert Agriculture April 19, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Farmers with water rights along the Scott River and Shasta River watersheds in Siskiyou County...
AG ALERT: State water board weighs status of six aquifer plans Ag Alert Groundwater News April 12, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Local agencies for six San Joaquin Valley subbasins, facing possible state intervention after their groundwater...
AG ALERT: Farmers race to sink water into ground after storms Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News February 22, 2023By Lisa McEwen Growers in the San Joaquin Valley are hurriedly building temporary groundwater sinking basins to take advantage of...
AG ALERT: Federal actions on water frustrate Klamath farmers Ag Alert Policy and regulation February 8, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A decades-long tussle over water continues at the California-Oregon border, as irrigators of the federal...
COMMENTARY: California must capture water in wet years and expedite projects Ag Alert CommentaryGroundwater News February 1, 2023Jamie Johansson, California Farm Bureau Federation Now that the recent series of Pacific storms have abated and we are in...
AG ALERT: Groups sue over legality of new ‘waters of the U.S.’ law Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation January 25, 2023By Ag Alert The American Farm Bureau Federation and other agricultural and business groups are suing federal agencies, challenging the...
AG ALERT: Farmer demonstrations help promote cover crops Ag Alert Agriculture January 25, 2023By Vicky Boyd Rich Gemperle likes to describe his family’s crop production style as “soft farming,” in which they try...
COMMENTARY: In defense of alfalfa: Important crop gets a bad rap Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary January 11, 2023By Mike Wade, California Farm Water Coalition California is the most populous state in the nation and the nation’s biggest...
AG ALERT: Final rule seen as muddying waters for ag landowners Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation January 11, 2023By Ching Lee, Ag Alert In its latest attempt to define which bodies of water fall under federal protection, the...
AG ALERT: Districts agree to collaborate on Tuolumne River Ag Alert Policy and regulation December 16, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Modesto Irrigation District, Turlock Irrigation District and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission have signed...
AG ALERT: Early allocation by state signals a fourth dry year Ag Alert Current Conditions December 7, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Storms that moistened parts of California last week were a drop in the bucket of...
