Water bond would benefit farmers and rare San Joaquin Valley grasslands area | Opinion

Increasingly dry years are in our future, and it will not be long until we find ourselves facing drought conditions once again.” ... Read More

California farmers depleted groundwater in Kings County. Now a state crackdown is coming

“They went without water not in a third-world country but in Stratford, California ... “They don’t even really talk to us,” he said. While farmers can cash out and leave, Barrios ... Read More

Calif. had plenty of rain. Farmers, Valley cities are getting stiffed on water supplies anyway.

Despite significant rain in 2024, Federal and state water managers are padding their books with extensive water supplies at the expense of farms and communities, writes Wayne Western, Jr. Read More

Salmon fishing banned off the California coast for the second year in a row

"State and federal water ... to go nine months without potential income," said Dick Ogg, a commercial salmon fisherman based in Bodega Bay. "This closure is very impactful to all of us. Read More

Farmers warn of first year without harvest since Second World War

Farmers are warning of food shortages as record rainfall threatens to bring the first season without a harvest on some farms since the end of the Second World War. Vast swathes of farmland are still ... Read More

In a first, California cracks down on farms guzzling groundwater

The state will start measuring water usage and collecting fines later this year, but it has never attempted any such enforcement action before, and there is no way to know yet whether farmers will ... Read More

‘Treat the land right’: BC farmers search for solutions as another year of drought looms

When severe drought took hold across much of Western Canada last year, many farmers saw their once-green pastures turn to barren brown deserts in a matter of weeks. As extreme heat set in, those brown ... Read More

‘Water is more valuable than oil’: the corporation cashing in on America’s drought

In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away ... Read More

US Shoppers Buy Less Bread in Bad News for Farmers

The US Department of Agriculture expects the amount of wheat used in food this year to hit the lowest level in five years. In the fourth quarter, millers churned out the least flour for that time ... Read More

Farmers warn of first year without harvest since Second World War

Farmers are warning ... to bring the first season without a harvest on some farms since the end of the Second World War. Vast swathes of farmland are still under water following an unprecedented ... Read More

‘Water is more valuable than oil’: the corporation cashing in on America’s drought

In February, a federal judge ruled that the Cibola-Queen Creek transfer was done without ... was a US state. In the 1800s and the decades following, miners and farmers could snatch water rights ... Read More