Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Kansas Land Sales: Irrigated land with water rights continues to be in demand.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

What is novel about SGMA is that it does not challenge actual water rights but puts restrictions on how much water rights-holders can pump depending on the level of overdraft. The worst part is that every landowner has had to contract lawyers to defend each of their own water rights, otherwise risk losing them completely.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Fort Peck Tribes and the USFWS were concerned about their respective water levels and how they’d be impacted by irrigation. Reiten says the USFWS was objecting to just about every water rights case that went to the state at the time, and all that litigation ended up in water court.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

Caraveo responded to questions about some of the barriers producers face in accessing federal programs and what is being done to address water rights, particularly for young farmers and farmers of color. Caraveo has a strong interest in community health, child nutrition, addressing food instability, and looking at “food as medicine.”

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Caff

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

CLIMATE SMART FARM OF THE YEAR: Sarah Silva, Green Star Farm This women-led 85-acre pasture-based farm in Sonoma County, CA is proof that, when tended thoughtfully, livestock can coexist with a biologically-rich ecosystem. In just a few years, Chris has shown that even a new farm can have a lasting impact.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 23, 2023

The catastrophic fire that just ravaged more than 2,000 acres and at least 2,000 homes on Maui, and claimed 114 lives and counting is inextricably linked to the island’s agricultural history. As workers slowly gained rights, profits plummeted, and Brazil and India became competitors of cheap sugar production.

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Caff

JUNE 29, 2021

On June 15, the State Water Resources Control Board told 4,300 users to stop diverting water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta Watershed (3). Rebecca was recently notified by the State Water Board that she may be prohibited from pumping water from a well on the three acres that she leases. She farms 1.5

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