Items Tagged with 'Friant Water Authority'

Wisconsin native Kelliann Blazek has been brought on to the Biden administration as a special assistant to the president for agriculture and rural policy, and Sonny Perdue joins the board of directors at Kalera.

Federal water allocations are 5% for agricultural water contractors south of the Delta, less for Class 2 contractors.

Members of California water and agricultural communities have been applauding a number of provisions related to water infrastructure within the omnibus funding bill President Trump recently signed into law.

Votes trickle in * Election and virus impact exports * Fudge a possibility for House Ag chair * Stimulus, government funding on to-do list

Several proposals aiming to repair critical infrastructure like the Friant-Kern Canal were left behind this year.

DWR Director Karla Nemeth made a case that the implementation of SGMA beginning this year will provide “agriculture with more certainty, even around surface water supplies.”

A study released this week presents disturbing findings about impacts from implementing SGMA. Yet the state has never performed an economic impact analysis.