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Governor Brown endorses Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Gov. Brown strongly endorsed and supported the Bay Delta Conservation Plan in his State of the State address. He says it will ensure water for 25 million Californians and agriculture, as well as prote ...
26 Jan, 2012
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Kazakhstan poised to join first-world status
Has Kazakhstan, the oil- and uranium-rich former Soviet bloc nation that borders both the Caspian and Aral Seas, emerged from the shadows of satiric infamy to become one of the great growth engines of ...
23 Jan, 2012
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Water survey results reassure California farmers
The economy still trumps all other issues, but a recent statewide poll conducted by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) reveals that 75% of registered voters are concerned about the st ...
22 Dec, 2011
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December farm update for Arizona and California
There is no winter break for western farmers who cultivate land in mild-winter areas. While other states' farm fields are staving off hard frosts or simply collecting snow this time of year, tho ...
14 Dec, 2011
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Annual Maui conference yields frank policy discussion of California politics
What is the conference?The Independent Voter Project legislative exchange conference is an annual event that began in the 1980s. The goal of the conference is to bring together policy makers, policy e ...
17 Nov, 2011
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Annual Maui Conference Yields Frank Policy Discussion of California Politics
What is the conference?The Independent Voter Project legislative exchange conference is an annual event that began in the 1980s. The goal of the conference is to bring together policy makers, policy e ...
17 Nov, 2011
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October farm update
California is routinely the second highest cotton producing state in the U.S., behind Texas. As the San Joaquin Valley's (SJV) massive cotton crop opened up earlier this month, unseasonably cold and w ...
13 Oct, 2011
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California moves America closer to national popular vote
In a little-noticed move in late August, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that would award all of California's electoral votes in presidential elections to whichever candidate wins the n ...
13 Sep, 2011
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Only time will tell what the debt deal means for agriculture
The debt ceiling deal reached late last month might have temporarily reassured foreign debt holders, but the same can't be said of American farmers who anxiously await some decisions on cuts to agricu ...
18 Aug, 2011
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Water proposal promises to return vacant Arizona farmland to productive use
A recent proposal by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) to amend its assured water supply rules would provide grandfathered irrigation water rights to farmlands that were retired for dev ...
11 Aug, 2011
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