Recent Work

Farms face ruin as groundwater law takes its toll. Ag Alert.

Oct. ‘24—California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has left farmers in the San Joaquin Valley facing bankruptcy as pumping restrictions limit their ability to irrigate their crops.

Kaweah farms find balance under SGMA. Ag Alert.

Jan. ‘25—Farmers and water managers in the Kaweah Subbasin in Tulare County have found creative solutions as San Joaquin Valley farms adapt to a new paradigm of groundwater regulation.

Purge of federal support jolts agriculture. Ag Alert.

Feb. ‘25—Trump’s mass firing of federal employees and freeze of federal funds impacted farmers who long partnered with the government on research, conservation and other critical work.