Controversial water legislation heads to Calif. Assembly floor
Senate Bill 1, California’s pre-emptive strike at the Trump administration’s moves on water deliveries, is headed for a vote in the state Assembly soon.
Agriculture, Highlight
Agriculture
USDA approves $15mil to buy raisins from raisin growers, packers
The USDA is re-launching its program to purchase $15 million worth of excess California Raisins for food assistance and school lunch programs.
Agriculture, View
Secret plans on water? They start with environmentalists, not the Feds.
Radical environmentalists worked hand-in-glove with allies in the media to derail potential solutions by a slyly-developed attack on scientific process.
Agriculture, View
Senate Bill 1 tries to limit water supply by stopping time
Senate Bill 1 freezes the law and regulations for air and water quality to those in effect on the final day of the Obama presidency.
Agriculture
Calif. Fresh Fruit Association adds Razor to executive team
Amid a transition of leadership, the California Fresh Fruit Association has hired Courtney Razor as its new Director of Member Services and Communications.
Agriculture
Westlands strikes back at AG Becerra over studying Shasta Dam raise
Before Westlands could study if raising Shasta Dam negatively affects the McCloud River, California’s AG convinced a court it would, halting the study.
Agriculture, Highlight, Visalia
Tulare’s Connie Conway tapped to lead USDA Farm Service Agency
Conway, the former Assembly GOP Leader, is the latest Valley politico to join the Trump administration in the Ag department.
Agriculture, View
A listening California should consult the real experts on water
Calif. voters approved more than $25bil in water funding since 1970. Now, state agencies want public input on the same issues the money was meant to solve.
Agriculture, Fresno
Fresno County looks to gin up farmworker vanpool rides
While falling short of goals in 2018, local officials are trying again to improve farmworker access to vanpools for transportation to and from work.
Agriculture, Business
Cutting out lawyers, Setton Farms offers to settle with employees directly to end wage lawsuit
Citing plaintiff lawyers’ cut of settlements, Setton Farms is offering cash settlements directly to employees to end the three-minute-per-day wage dispute.