Megadrought is like the Dust Bowl * Senate Ag mulls carbon credit trading * Perdue: Food Box ‘trifecta’

With a new study suggesting the state is in a megadrought, PPIC researchers looked into what that means for water management.

Signup for COVID relief payments on the way * GOP derides House relief bill

The Assembly heard a new proposal for a grant program offering incentives for managing lands for ecosystem benefits when no longer farmed.

Not implementing SGMA has costs, too * Ag groups rush appeals for Phase 4 * New Deal program makes a comeback

Researchers analyze SGMA plans and the potential impacts on agriculture.

Dan Dooley has more than four decades of experience in California agriculture and water policy.

PPIC: Groundwater plans are ‘not feasible’ * Farm groups await aid * New fight looms over forgivable loans

Central Coast Board extends comment period on Ag Order 4.0 * New bill on workforce training also addresses displaced farmworkers * State is readjusting budget expectations for this year and next

A study released this week presents disturbing findings about impacts from implementing SGMA. Yet the state has never performed an economic impact analysis.