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Wednesday, April 02, 2025
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday announced a $280 million program to pay Texas producers seeing a shortfall in Rio Grande water deliveries from Mexico.
The Bureau of Reclamation says it has completed Phase 1 of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project with a ribbon-cutting celebration of 10 miles of new, concrete-lined canal. The new lining replaced an original section that had sunk from persistent groundwater removal since its construction in 1951.
The Supreme Court is sending three Rio Grande states back to the drawing board after determining the federal government's interests are not being met in their proposed water-sharing deal.
The California Water Resources Control Board said it still needs more than 40% of the required water usage reports that were due at the beginning of the month.
In this opinion piece, Yoram Kapulnik, Ph. D., with the Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund discusses successful US-Israeli joint agriculture collaboration.
Farmers need more assistance conserving water, Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said at a hearing Wednesday where he touted new legislation that would help them do it.
When farmers get together to talk, there’s sure to be conversations about the weather, the markets, and how the crops are doing. Lately, here in Iowa, our conversations keep coming back to circles. No, we’re not talking in circles; we’re noticing the circles of life inherent to our farms—and critical for our future.
Farmer recharging their groundwater may be able to benefit from their banked supplies during periods of drought, but can run into roadblocks like cost when doing so, according to a panel of farmers and experts at this year's Food and Ag Issues Summit West in Sacramento.
Declines in fertilizer prices from 2022 highs and an improvement in California’s water supply suggest the upcoming fruit and nut season could be a good one for growers.