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Much of the world’s highest quality cotton is grown right here in the San Joaquin Valley. But the return of Tulare Lake has threatened this year’s crop.
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Kings County officials estimate billions of dollars in agricultural losses after nearly 100,000 acres of cotton, tomato, safflower, pistachios and other commodities were wiped out by Tulare Lake.
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A Tulare County farm advisor warns we may not determine the cumulative impacts of flooding and extreme rainfall on fruit and nut crops until sometime in 2024.
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A rural advocate and columnist argues the power of water districts’ weighted voting system extends far beyond water rights in the Tulare Lake Basin.
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KVPR and 1A hosted a panel discussion featuring agricultural leaders on May 30, 2023.
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The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, altering the rain and heat patterns that guide which crops are grown where. “We’re adjusting for survival,” one grower said.
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With a sizable grant from the TED Audacious Project, scientists at UC Davis, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco are using the Nobel-Prize-winning gene editing tool known as CRISPR to attempt to reduce the methane released by dairy cows.
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Despite concerns from the public about manure contamination in Tulare Lake floodwater, water experts say waste from dairies is no more of a problem than other contaminants like human waste and bacteria from birds.
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The rainy weather is expected to bring ample wildflowers this spring for bees to forage. That could mean a good year for honey.
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In Tulare County, where reservoirs are at capacity and entire communities are underwater, so are agricultural fields. Almond trees have toppled, dairy herds have had to be relocated, and farmers and farmworkers have been displaced.