By Craig W. Anderson During the last decade of drought and floods, the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014 has required local agencies to create a roadmap to
By Vicky Boyd The proposed state 2024-25 budget is a work in progress as the governor and lawmakers try to close a shortfall estimated at between $38 billion and $73
By Vicky Boyd Much like farms have transition plans to pass operations onto the next generation, San Joaquin Young Farmers & Ranchers strives for a mix of ages to ensure
By Vicky Boyd This year’s winter precipitation and spring temperatures have turned out to be more of a Goldilocks tale than last year: not too much, not too little, but
By Vicky Boyd The California Department of Water Resources recently certified the environmental impact report for the massive Delta tunnel project, saying it complied with state law and setting permitting
By Vicky Boyd Efforts to qualify a Sonoma County ballot measure that would ban confined animal operations have prompted several agricultural groups, including the San Joaquin Farm Bureau, to join
By Craig W. Anderson California’s winegrape industry has an imbalance in supply and demand for wine and to correct this a leading California wine marketing association says the state needs
By Vicky Boyd Dave SimpsoN and his wife, Sandy, were in New Mexico visiting their son in August when the alarm company called about a motion detector being tripped in
