A three-judge panel has ruled that farmers do not have special privilege to water for irrigation use, handing a victory to the Imperial Irrigation District in a long-standing legal battle with farmer Michael Abatti.

A leading trade group for the produce industry is asking Gov. Newsom to delay new regulations that could impact the food supply chain during the coronavirus crisis.

Farmers and ranchers are facing the painful impacts of the rising cost of compliance over the last decade.

Farmers must now invest time and money to get their voice heard in politics, said Gallagher. Otherwise, they can become collateral damage.

There’s a noisy battle over water rights going on in the Golden State. Late last month, a diverse group of over 1,000 Californians flooded the State Capitol to tell the State Water Resources Control Board that their updates to the Bay-Delta Plan just won’t hold water.