California Drought

Bleak Outlook for Western Snowpack
Bleak Outlook for Western Snowpack
Bleak Outlook for Western Snowpack
With the western weather wet season at its official end April 1st, the outlook for mountain snow pack water runoff and supplies for the into the spring looks like this: "Almost the entire west is reporting below average snow pack, below average snow water equivalencies, as we head into the beginning of the melt season ...
California Continues To Deal With Record Dryness
California Continues To Deal With Record Dryness
California Continues To Deal With Record Dryness
The past two months has produced record setting dryness in lower elevations of northern and central California moving into the Great Basin. “Downtown San Francisco, with records going back to the beginning of the gold rush, San Francisco experiencing its driest January/February on record with just under 2/3 of an inch of rainfall," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. " 7 ...
Northwest Remains In Wildfire Crisis
Northwest Remains In Wildfire Crisis
Northwest Remains In Wildfire Crisis
The Northwest remains in a wildfire crisis. "There has been an increase in wildfire activity across northern California in particular over the last several days as we've seen southwesterly to westerly winds blowing pretty hard across some of the wildfire areas in the Sierra Nevada ...
Vilsack Highlights Drought Assistance During PNW Trip
Vilsack Highlights Drought Assistance During PNW Trip
Vilsack Highlights Drought Assistance During PNW Trip
Growers in the Klamath River Basin in both Oregon and California have been hit very hard by this year's drought. In an effort to mitigate some of those impacts. "It's $15 million designed to provide help and assistance to farmers and in essence being encouraged not to plant ...
AFBF: A Majority Of Western Farmers Struggling During Drought
AFBF: A Majority Of Western Farmers Struggling During Drought
AFBF: A Majority Of Western Farmers Struggling During Drought
The American Farm Bureau Federation recently surveyed producers in the 13 western states to find how the drought is impacting day-to-day operations. “Over 85% rated selling off portions of their herd or flock as prevalent or higher, 87% of respondents say there’s an increase in feed costs associated with drought, 77% of them reduced their acreage and see that as prevalent or higher within their re
Western Growers Shares Stories Of How Drought Is Impacting California Producers
Western Growers Shares Stories Of How Drought Is Impacting California Producers
Western Growers Shares Stories Of How Drought Is Impacting California Producers
It’s dry up and down the west coast, but in California, farmers are starting to see their water turn off. To show how the drought is impacting the farm industry in the largest agricultural production state, Western Growers is out with a series of videos showcasing the devastation left behind when the water stops flowing. Joe ...
Western Drought Continues To Intensify
Western Drought Continues To Intensify
Western Drought Continues To Intensify
Despite an overall decline in drought conditions across the continental United States over the past month, drought conditions intensified across much of the west. "As we move in to the month of June we continue to see at least two thirds coverage of the two highest drought areas D3 to D4 or extreme to exceptional drought in a number of western states including California, Nevada, Utah, Arizon

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