Reclamation gives westside farmers another nudge for water
The new increase in water for agriculture is merely a five percent bump from the last increase three weeks prior.
Agriculture
Agriculture
With water tax dead, Sacramento finds funding for clean drinking water
California leaders appear to have struck a budget deal to deliver safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities. Here’s how they’ll fund it.
Agriculture, Business
California’s ABC Test is more dangerous than 1-2-3
A bill to codify a groundbreaking California Supreme Court decision will certainly pick winners and losers. But who’s who?
Agriculture
Fighting over dead salmon officially “overblown”
Fishing guides told The Sacramento Bee that thousands of baby salmon turned up dead right next to a $6.3 million salmon restoration project built with taxpayer funds.
Agriculture
For farmers, surviving SGMA starts with the basics
A wide-ranging discussion of SGMA focused on data and the basics of evaluating water needs moving forward.
Agriculture, Highlight, Visalia/Tulare
Sheriff closes Kings River in Tulare County
The Army Corps of Engineers is currently releasing flood waters from Pine Flat Dam at 5,200 cubic feet per second.
Agriculture, Business, Highlight
Dos Equis, Tecate pile on Fresno Grizzlies sponsorship woes
Unlike Sun-Maid Raisins, the beer brands have a deep impact – such as being sponsoring the game on the day they cut ties with the Fresno Grizzlies.
Agriculture
SGMA Survival event in Exeter looks to help farmers prep for 2020
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.
Agriculture, Highlight
Trump administration rolls out $16bil in trade relief for farmers
“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.
Agriculture, Highlight
Bureau of Reclamation bumps westside water allocation to 70 percent
This is the third increase of 2019 for the agricultural water service contractors. Since February, the allocation has doubled.
