In less than 20 years’ time, the San Joaquin Valley could become a patchwork of vast swaths of vacant, weed-filled lands interspersed with a few single-crop mega farms that employ
Growers in a chunk of land sandwiched between Highway 43 and Earlimart learned last week they are being booted out of the groundwater sustainability agency they had hoped would help
Growers in a chunk of land sandwiched between Highway 43 and Earlimart in the south valley learned earlier this week they are being booted out of the groundwater sustainability agency they had hoped would help
Since Gov. Newsom's emergency drought order on March 28, Kern County hasn’t issued a single agricultural well permit, and frustration in the ag community is at a boiling point.