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University of California researchers are pouring water onto farmland during the winter months to help replenish groundwater supplies, and USApple announces that its annual crop outlook and marketing conference will be held in-person this August. ....
Klamath Basin Farmers Look to Groundwater, Fallowing Land Wednesday May 19th, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. The Bureau of Reclamation announced it would be shutting down the Klamath Irrigation Project’s A canal which typically delivers water to farmers along the California/Oregon border. Family Farm Alliance Executive Director Dan Keppen says many farmers will pump groundwater if they can, or fallow land. Keppen… “With no surface water out there, people are looking to use groundwater and the state of Oregon has, has issued emergency drought permits to allow people to pump groundwater. On the California side, the Tulelake Irrigation District has some wells and they re working out a program to sort of parse the water out down there. But it s not sustainable. I mean, you can only go to it in times of need and then allow it to replenish. And this ll be the second year in a row where we re hitting the groundwate ....
Building Drought Resilience News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Water issues continue to be the most pressing threat to many of our state’s farmers and ranchers. Here are a few updates courtesy of the California Farm Bureau Federation. With farmers plowing under crops and removing trees due to water shortages, irrigation districts are trying to find supplemental supplies. Districts on the west side of the Central Valley face the prospect of receiving no water from a federal project. A gubernatorial drought declaration intends to streamline water transfers. Water district officials say transfers could “play a key role” this summer, but won’t prevent significant agricultural losses. ....