event Making the Most of a Wet Year Apr 27, 2023 Between Sarah and her husband Chris, they participate in over 30,000 acres of farming operations, primarily in Westlands Water District and Fresno Irrigation ...
Fact Sheet Water Use in California By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Caitlin Peterson Apr 19, 2023 California has 8.5 million acres of irrigated cropland. · Although irrigated acreage and farm water use have not grown, the value of agricultural output has been ...
Fact Sheet Water Use in California’s Agriculture By Caitlin Peterson, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Spencer Cole Apr 19, 2023 Apr 27, 2023 ... Most farm revenue comes from irrigated crops. Irrigated farmland is concentrated in the San Joaquin Valley (54% of the state total), ...
blog post Helping the San Joaquin Valley Find New Uses for Fallowed Farmland By Sarah Bardeen Mar 8, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 ... ... farmland that will be transitioning out of intensive irrigation. ... The Tule Basin Land and Water Conservation Trust is a new local NGO ...
blog post Testimony: Adapting California’s Water Rights System to the 21st-Century Climate By Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Jeffrey Mount Feb 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 ... ... water to some 30 million residents and 6 million acres of farmland, ... came too late in the irrigation season to make a difference.
blog post New Horizons for Senior Fellow Alvar Escriva-Bou By Sarah Bardeen Feb 24, 2023 Feb 24, 2023 ... ... particularly around drought, agriculture, and the San Joaquin ... acres of farmland would need to come out of irrigated production.
blog post Commentary: Lack of Water Is Forcing Major Changes in Valley Agriculture, New Analysis Says By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak, Josué Medellín-Azuara Feb 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 ... Yet while agriculture's irrigated footprint will have to shrink under SGMA ... Unless they get more water, more than half of the cropland in ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: The Future of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak, Spencer Cole, Josué Medellín-Azuara Feb 8, 2023 Incentivizing alternative uses for irrigated lands could bring additional income to farmers and local communities, while improving public health and ...
blog post Can Nine Atmospheric Rivers Recharge California’s Groundwater? By Sarah Bardeen Feb 6, 2023 Feb 6, 2023 ... At that time, when I mentioned flooding agricultural fields, ... That's already underway with the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program.
blog post Adapting to a Water-Scarce California By Ellen Hanak Jan 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 ... And while the drought was undeniably hard on agriculture, ... economy, and environment as these agricultural lands are retired?