Articles Tagged with ''California agriculture''

The administration is drafting an ambitious sustainability plan with agricultural stakeholders at the table alongside environmental justice advocates.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends a message about the political significance of ag policy, sitting through the entirety of a House Agriculture Committee farm bill listening session in California and also fielding questions from reporters on a range of issues.

Erratic climate swings—from drought to floods and back to dry conditions—are delivering less certainty to farmers for the coming irrigation season and a lot of misunderstanding about how much water is actually imported for food, electronics and other products.

Agricultural groups have been closely watching the Newsom administration's development of an ambitious pesticide plan—and they remain skeptical.

Six Colorado River states are at odds with California over proposals for how to conserve between 2 and 4 million acre-feet of water, leaving the decision in the hands of the Bureau of Reclamation.

USDA will provide technical and financial aid for agricultural operations impacted by flooding across the state.

While California has made strides, groundwater banking is still in the early stages and farmers remain frustrated over the slow pace for permitting and infrastructure upgrades.

The looming threat of groundwater regulations has propelled a new race to grab more water in the wet years to prepare for the dry years.

Climate extremes and inadequate preparation for a winter deluge underline the challenge. But the fault lies with an inflexible process for updating pumping permits as the hydrology flips from drought to floods.

California is drying out after an unprecedented series of winter storms brought weeks of rain, flooding, high winds and more.