KCFB News: President’s Message
By Patty Poire, President, Kern County Farm Bureau
WOW, here we are in June where half of the year has come and...
Local Solutions Central to Water Forum
Christine Souza
Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Facing a third year...
DWR Awards $150 Million to Support Communities That Rely on Groundwater
Press Release Provided by California Department of Water Resources
In an effort to boost water supply reliability for millions of Californians, the...
Is Newsom’s Executive Order a Moratorium on Well Drilling? Here’s the Background Causing the...
By Don A. Wright, Publisher, Waterwrights.net
Reprinted with permission from Waterwrights
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom released Executive Order N-7-22 on March 28, 2022...
PPIC Present Their Perspective on the Future of the Valley to State Legislators
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is a nonpartisan group that provides independent, objective...
KCFB President’s Message April 2022
By Patty Poire, President, Kern County Farm Bureau
WOW! It’s only been 30 days since I last wrote an article, but it...
Farmers Key to Renewable Energy Future
By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Christine Souza
Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
California is progressing toward...
KCFB: President’s Message
By Patty Poire, President, Kern County Farm Bureau
Hopefully you read my last month’s article about the receipt of the Department of...
Orchard Recycling, Water Issues Among Topics Discussed at World Ag Expo Seminars
By Brian Milne, Vice President, Director of Marketing & Communications, The Holloway Group
The World Ag Expo returned to Tulare, Calif., on...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Politics Aside, Is it Effective?
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
OPINION: Judicious businesses are regularly evaluating whether the things they are spending time and...
KCFB President’s Message: Engagement is Vital
By Patty Poire, President, Kern County Farm Bureau
Here we are, already in February 2022, and at the time that I am...
Making Long Term Decisions in the Face of Water Supply Uncertainty
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
“Water Supply Challenges and Solutions: 2022 Outlook”—such was the topic for a panel at the...
New Initiative Seeks Permanent Water Funding Solutions for California
By Jenifer VanAlstein, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
Jenifer VanAlstein
Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
A powerhouse volunteer steering committee has been gathering signatures...
Moving Towards Sustainable Water Supplies
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
SGMA, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, has lots of folks worried, and for good reason....
President’s Message
By Patty Poire, President, Kern County Farm Bureau
Here we are in December already with a new year just around the corner...
Grapes Take the Lead in the Kern County 2020 Crop Report
By Jenifer VanAlstein, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
On September 28, 2021, Kern County Agriculture Commissioner Glenn Fankhauser released the 2020 Crop...
Research Seeks Resilience for Aquifers
By Bob Johnson, Reporter, Monterey County
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
One day in early October, a group of University...
Working With Strangers to Make the Pie Bigger
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
The Sustainable Groundwater Act (SGMA) has had some unfortunate side effects. It has pitted neighbor...
Is There Any Hope for Delta Smelt?
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
Delta smelt have been protected under both the federal and state Endeared Species Acts since...
COMMENTARY: Who’s Actually Leading the State’s Water Infrastructure?
By Jenifer VanAlstein, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
California has been a state for nearly 200 years. One might think by now...
Rural California Hammered as Drought Spreads
By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Christine Souza
Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
With depleted reservoirs and...
DWR to Use Innovative Airborne Tech to Map State’s Groundwater Basins
Press Release Provided by California Department of Water Resources
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is using an innovative, helicopter-based technology...
An Environmental Vision
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
Environmentally, the San Joaquin Valley is very different from what it was 170 years ago....
California Water Management Problem
By Jenifer VanAlstein, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
California is in yet another tough water year. It seems as though we are...
State Releases its First Reviews of Local SGMA Plans
By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Christine Souza
Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Against the backdrop of...
State Water Agencies, CA Water Data Consortium and EDF Partner on Groundwater Accounting Platform...
Press Release Provided by Department of Water Resources
State water agencies, the California Water Data Consortium (Consortium) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)...
DWR Awards $26 Million in Grants to Support Critically Overdrafted Groundwater Basins
Press Release Provided by Department of Pesticide Regulation
In late April the Department of Water Resources (DWR) awarded $26 million in grant...
The Harvest is Plentiful but the Laborers Are Few
By Jenifer VanAlstein, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
With the looming deadline of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and the continued water...
San Joaquin Valley at a Crossroads
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
The San Joaquin Valley, its people, its environment, and its economy stand at a crossroads,...
KCFB President’s Message: Where We Go From Here
By John Moore, President, Kern County Farm Bureau
Hopefully by the time this article is printed in the next edition of the...
