By Manola Secaira, Ag Alert Corn has long been a staple crop in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. But in recent years, reports have shown a change in the region’s agricultural makeup as more delta farmers turn to rice—a move supported...
Soil degradation threatens food security, water resources, biodiversity, and climate resilience. A new article explores its causes, impacts, monitoring methods,...
From California Agriculture Since 2016, California’s Healthy Soils Program (HSP) has allocated more than $162 million from cap-and-trade proceeds through California Climate Investments to improve soil health and sequester carbon (C). Program funding has supported both grower adoption of practices...
Press release from Restore the Delta: Today, Restore the Delta released a new report detailing one of the many local solutions outlined in the recently unveiled Water Renaissance Plan: expanding rice farming in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a strategy to combat...
UC Riverside develops modern-day robotic divining rod By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside Advanced technology can help farmers get to the root of a growing problem ¾ overwatering in an era of increasing drought and water scarcity. A new UC Riverside...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Reliable access to water remained a dominant factor in agricultural land valleys in Kern County over 2025, according to data compiled by brokerage and appraisal company Alliance Ag. Sales data from the past 21 years...
