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The SGMA Survival Tool Kit event – hosted by Water Wrights, Fresno State’s Water Energy and Technology Center, and the Tulare County Farm Bureau – is being held at the Exeter Memorial Building on Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m.
“President Trump has great affection for America’s farmers and ranchers, and he knows they are bearing the brunt of these trade disputes,” Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said.
This is the third increase of 2019 for the agricultural water service contractors. Since February, the allocation has doubled.
Calif. A.G. Xavier Becerra and his allies have filed a lawsuit to stop Federal water users from participating in the raising of Shasta Dam, a federal dam.
For Kings County, the move by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin flood releases from Pine Flat Dam led to a declaration of local emergency on Thursday.
Ian LeMay will take the helm of the grower group from former Rep. George Radanovich (R-Mariposa), who joined the association as its chief in 2016.
The suit, launched by Fowler Packing, argued the regulation granted union recruiters so much access to private property that it violated the 5th Amendment.
Growers have responded saying that the decision is putting them behind foreign competitors, where the pesticide is freely used, and the ban was based on flawed research.
Sun-Maid knows how to take a joke.
What is the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act? And why is it such a big deal for the San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural sector?
