As the Golden State browns early this year amid reports of unheard of reservoir levels, a San Joaquin Valley event attracts hundreds calling for action.Read More
Thousands from the Northern San Joaquin Valley expected to demonstrate at the state capitol to call attention to plan that would flood premium farmland.
Wrongly maligned as water-wasters, almond growers can now avail themselves of new technology that warns of crop stress before it’s visible to the naked eye.
Agricultural water service contractors south of the Sacramento Delta are allocated 20% of their contract total; municipal and industrial water service contractors south of the Delta are allocated the greater of 70% of their historic use or public health and safety needs.
While the situation seems to be improving, California still has about 5.5 million acre-feet less surface water storage than average for this time of year.
If the new rule stands, the American Farm Bureau Federation says the result will be a wave of new regulation or outright prohibitions on routine farming practices and other land uses.