Water
Fresno State University will showcase the latest innovations in ag irrigation tech at this free event.
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More organizations joined the Western Water Infrastructure Coalition in September in a letter to Congress stressing the inclusion of resources for additional water, forestry and ecosystem restoration programs.
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The suit in Fresno County Superior Court claims the state overreached in cutting off supplies to senior water rights holders, effectively closing the surface water faucet for some 4,500 farms in America's largest agricultural economy.
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This growing season has been abnormally wet for some pecan growing regions, and water split could bear the blame for recent nut drop.
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Some growers received zero surface water allocations and were forced to remove prime trees. This third-generation almond farmer and farm bureau president explains what that looks like.
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A national coalition led by the California Farm Bureau has helped secure Senate approval for major federal investments in critical water projects.
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Many growers are closing in on harvest season, but using water to keep their trees alive – and having water rights holders' supplies shut off due to drought emergency – has farmers worried.
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The act includes more than $8 billion for dam and canal repair, new surface and groundwater storage and conveyance facilities, water conservation and recycling projects, and watershed management and improved ecosystems in order to address critical water issues in the West.
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