Agriculture

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State water deliveries to surge — highest in 6 years

Growers and Southern California cities that get water from the state aqueduct will receive 30% of their requested allocations. That’s the most in January since 2017, after heavy rains fed the reservoirs.

에 의해 알레스테어 블랜드 • 1월 26, 2023

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Why California must end the use of herbicide linked to cancer, Parkinson’s

The herbicide paraquat is banned in dozens of countries due to its well-documented links to Parkinson's disease and cancer, yet the U.S. and California still allow it.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 11월 22, 2022

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Expand solar development in the desert, not San Joaquin Valley farms

The San Joaquin Valley is home to some of the world's most fertile agricultural lands. Rather than fallowing farms for solar development, California should be investing in their survival.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 11월 7, 2022

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How California can expand solar development and support San Joaquin Valley farmers

California can both achieve its long-term clean energy goals and invest in struggling San Joaquin Valley communities by expanding solar development on fallowed farmland.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 10월 27, 2022

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Ranchers, tribes, state officials clash over Shasta River water

A standoff over shutting down ranchers’ pumps signals a flareup of water wars as California is gripped by seemingly endless drought. “To hell with it. We’re starting the pumps,” one Siskiyou County rancher said.

에 의해 레이첼 베커 • 8월 30, 2022

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Drought requires new strategies for managing cropland

Careful planning, research and development, and incentives can help San Joaquin Valley residents avoid the worst consequences of land fallowing — and perhaps even bring benefits to a region in transition.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 9, 2022

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California poised to restrict bee-killing pesticides

California is acting later than many states in regulating neonicotinoids, but its rules would be among the nation’s most extensive. They would change how growers kill pests on nuts, citrus and other fruit crops.

에 의해 레이첼 베커 • 7월 20, 2022

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Move to limit pesticide use would be a mistake

Californians should be aware of the unintended consequences of eliminating pest control tools when state regulators and lawmakers consider a pesticide ban.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 15, 2022

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New water policy should include more storage, infrastructure

We need to avoid "solutions" that cut allocations to an industry that feeds the nation and supports the economy of the Central Valley.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 18, 2022

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Should the Central Valley remain dependent solely on agriculture?

The Central Valley’s economic model has worked because water was cheap and available; both are changing rapidly.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 9, 2022