Items Tagged with 'fallowed farmland from drought and SGMA'

A new PPIC report investigates alternatives to fallowing large swaths of California farmland under SGMA.

A UC Merced study estimates the ag sector lost $1.1 billion and nearly 9,000 jobs directly from the drought.

State lawmakers concerned about domestic wells going dry are looking for policies to give more regulatory teeth to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

The Department of Conservation is collecting input from Californians as it drafts guidelines for the new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program it will launch with $50 million of state funding next spring.

Don Cameron believes farmers in water-rich areas have been slow to transition to new conservation practices and technologies.

An agriculture coalition is raising pressure on Gov. Newsom to approve taxpayer dollars to subsidize public environmental benefits.