May 31, 2021
The driest year California has experienced since the 1970s will have wide-ranging impacts in the West.
In the Sacramento Valley, a reduced water supply will lead to about a 20 percent reduction in rice plantings.
The loss of about 100,000 acres of rice fields has implications well beyond the farm level. The reduced...
May 1, 2021
The coming weeks will be busy in the Sacramento Valley, as highly-skilled pilots plant this year’s rice crop.
Farmers are no stranger to challenges, and this year is no different. Below-par rain and snowfall have led to water cutbacks of at least 25 percent valley wide, which will lead to an as yet undetermined drop...