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The Sun’s home for agriculture and water news in the Central Valley.
State of Calif. Farming? Plenty of challenges – and opportunities.
"Agriculture is not just a sector in California; it's a way of life that defines the state's identity," writes Harris Farms executive vice president William Bourdeau.
Sacramento wants to upend Calif.’s water market. It could kill farms, housing.
A new bill would paint California's buying and selling of water supplies with too broad of a brush and kill off farms and housing developments.
A case of B.S.: Porterville-tied man sentenced in massive manure Ponzi scheme
A five-year scheme defrauding investors to build anaerobic digesters on Valley dairies was snuffed out by Federal law enforcement officials.
USDA OKs Bay Area firm to sell lab grown meat
The genetically-modified meat will hit store shelves following approval from Federal regulators.
Westlands ramps up groundwater recharge efforts
Westlands Water District has sought to take advantage of intense storms by recharging the aquifer with more groundwater.
Legislature’s budget sidesteps fight with Newsom over Delta tunnel
Gov. Gavin Newsom has sought to use budget leverage to lower thresholds for permitting larger infrastructure projects. At the top of his list? The long-controversial Delta Tunnel.
Prima Wawona, America’s largest peach producer, is financially rotting
Four years after a private equity firm merged two of the nation's largest peach farmers into a single entity, the firm is basically worthless.
Labor Dept. levy $231k in fines on Calif. farm labor contractors
The U.S. Labor Department fined one Los Banos contractor for its use of underage workers and improper transportation of farmworkers, among other findings.
Duarte pitches bipartisan bill to fund water technology grants
The five-year program would help water utilities use a variety of new technology to increase water resources.
Supreme Court narrows definition of WOTUS in win for farmers
The EPA has long been criticized for overzealous use of the Clean Water Act to regulate land in the western U.S. Now, it faces a tougher requirements to target landowners.
