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.

In resigning, Lyons applauds Newsom’s attention to the valley * MFP benefitted ‘most affected’ * China acts on China deal