California citrus growers and marketers say the current navel orange crop looks promising in volume and quality, one season after one of their smallest crops in years.
The Imperial Irrigation District, which delivers Colorado River water to farmers in the Imperial Valley, has joined other California water agencies in offering to take less water from the river from 2023 to 26.
In the 10 years from 2012 to 2021, increases in retail food prices ranged from an average of 2.4% a year in Honolulu, HI, to 0.9% in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Farmers and ranchers in California’s Russian River watershed are likely to see continued restrictions on irrigation supplies this year. The state plans to revise its emergency drought regulations next month.
California winegrape growers are expected to plant 15 to 18,000 acres of new vineyards this year. The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021.
The USDA is investing $272-million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure for 270,000 people in rural communities in 37 states and Puerto Rico.
Researchers in the Klamath Basin are studying new barley varieties that can adapt to climate change and potentially benefit breweries, craft beer producers and malting companies.