By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Already grappling with drought, lower commodity prices and higher production costs, more farmers are feeling the added pinch of groundwater regulations as local agencies implement plans that include pumping limits and new fees to balance...
By Devon Boer, Mendocino County Farm Bureau In Mendocino County, water continues to be the main issue of focus for our Farm Bureau staff and leadership. Our county has several significant watersheds within its 3,500 square miles. But the Russian...
By Ching Lee, Ag Alert With rice harvest underway in the Sacramento Valley, Colusa County farmer Don Bransford should be running his combine, delivering truckloads of the grain to a nearby dryer. Instead, he stares out into a field of...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As local groundwater sustainability agencies bring groundwater basins into balance under the Sustainable Groundwater Management...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The irrigation technology known as fertigation has been around for some time. But with increased water-quality regulations by the state of California aimed at reducing nitrates in groundwater, farmers are adopting ways of targeting nutrients...
By Kathy Coatney, Ag Alert The Klamath Basin has dealt with reduced water for decades, but this year is particularly grim. The region is facing extreme dry conditions, as one of many ground zeros in a western U.S. multiyear drought...
