Articles Tagged with ''California agriculture''

Newsom’s budget proposal reflects his priorities for pushing California back into a climate leadership role while responding to rising crises on multiple fronts.

Environmental groups are pushing the state water board to increase freshwater flows by trimming out senior rights holders through an emergency regulation.

John Aguirre, president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers, has announced he will step down from the helm and Michelle Connelly has resigned as CEO and executive director of the California Walnut Board and the California Walnut Commission.

Reservoirs are filling, the state has eased curtailments, and water districts are banking excess flows. But the state has far to go to exit the drought.

California’s new House district map will impact battleground races in the valley, while Democrats look to further solidify control of the Legislature.

The new $52 million state-of-the-art SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento offers consumers a chance to learn more about how much water is required to grow their food and how California farmers are working to produce more crop per drop.

Port congestion and poor port performance led to a 17% decline in ag exports, hurting farmers far more than the U.S.-China trade war.

Farm lobbyists are looking ahead to the next year as water battles escalate with the drought and groundwater sustainability plans.

As farmers begin to embrace more agtech, worker protection laws remain a hurdle, along with developing the workforce needed to operate and maintain complex new machinery.

Speaking at California Farm Bureau's annual meeting, President Jamie Johansson called for giving farmers and ranchers more predictability and tools that enable efficient food production as a way to ensure their sustainability and that consumers have a reliable food supply.