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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, November 29, 2024
An early estimate from the Northern California Water Association expects a nearly $1 billion impact to Sacramento Valley farmers from fallowing land this year.
The Air Resources Board is looking closely at new products to mitigate enteric emissions, or “cow burps,” to help California meet its 2030 target of reducing livestock methane emissions by 40% under SB 1383.
The Environmental Protection Agency is denying three dozen small refineries relief from the requirements of the nation’s biofuel mandate, but is providing other ways for most of the facilities to comply with their 2018 obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The Friant Water Authority is upset with the Bureau of Reclamation for releasing water from Friant Dam to supply San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors.
Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director Ernest Conant described the current drought as unprecedented to the State Board of Food and Agriculture on Tuesday.
The April megashowers needed to reverse the trend are nowhere in sight, while a high-pressure ridge is set to deliver warmer and drier conditions into the summer.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation announced yesterday it has selected 11 organizations to receive a combined $5 million in Water Efficiency Technical Assistance Funding.