$400mil in funding to fix Friant-Kern Canal stalls in Legislature
Senate Bill 559, which would send $400 million to repair the canal, is being converted into a “two-year bill” giving legislators additional time to act.
Agriculture
Agriculture, Highlight
Before launching a competitor, Assemi Family sues Wonderful Pistachios over withheld millions
While working to open their own pistachio processing plant, the Assemi family launched a legal fight over their final crop delivery to Wonderful Pistachios.
Agriculture
Hotly-contested Senate Bill 1 could carry over water battle into 2020
Amendments to the state legislature’s marquee water bill didn’t mollify opponents. Now, signs are emerging that the bill may be punted into 2020.
Agriculture
Fresno County boasts record $7.9bil in ag production in 2018
Crop value and ag production is at an all-time high in Fresno County, a new report from the Fresno County Ag Commissioner said this week.
Agriculture, Highlight
Tweaks to Senate Bill 1 leave critical Calif. water questions unresolved
As Democratic lawmakers voice greater concern, newly-released amendments to SB 1 leave unresolved questions about its impact on Federal water projects.
Agriculture
Gray comes out swinging, calls SB1 “dangerous”
Asm. Adam Gray (D-Merced) did not mince words in describing the impact of the California Legislature’s marquee water bill ahead of its final consideration.
Agriculture
On two critical water bills, we can hear praise and silence
Why would a Valley lawmaker supporting a bill to save jobs, farms, and clean water for communities, later vote for a different bill denying all of that?
Agriculture
Poll: Voters support confronting Chinese over trade with tariffs
A new poll from Harvard University and the Harris Poll shines a light onto current trade battles between President Donald Trump’s administration and China,
Agriculture, Highlight
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
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.
