California appeals USDA cuts to subsidies for food banks, farmers. By Blake Jones | 04/07/2025 12:20 PM EDT . State officials argued the wipeout of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program not ...

Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.

Most of the water is used for agriculture, serving seven of California’s top 10 agricultural counties. Some water also goes to cities and environmental restoration efforts for fish and wildlife ...

In California, the Farms Together program provided support to 533 small farmers who in turn produced food for 55 food banks and other community food partners. Of the more than 500 small farmers ...

A conflict in the Imperial Valley offers a window into an increasingly sharp debate within California's $60 billion ...

Despite a wet winter, the drought crisis along the Colorado River remains dire and produce farmers along the California-Arizona border may be facing their first ever cuts to irrigation water.

Farmers in central California will be getting little to no water again from a key water system amid a persisting drought, but exactly how they’re affected will vary.

That means farmers in the agricultural region that produces much of the country’s fruits, nuts and vegetables will again need to find other water sources — or leave land idle as many have done ...

Farmers in central California will be getting little to no water again this year from the federal government amid a persisting drought, but exactly how they’re affected will vary.