Low Chance of Average Precipitation this Water Year
Friday Jan 8th, 2021
News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich.
Here are a few important updates about California agriculture from around the state, courtesy of the California Farm Bureau Federation.
After a dry autumn and early winter, the odds of California receiving average precipitation this water year stand between 10% and 30%. That’s the estimate from climate experts, who said Tuesday that storms forecast for early to mid-January could bring some improvement to Northern California. Farmers say they’re making contingency plans for tight water supplies while hoping additional storms will boost the Sierra snowpack and reservoir storage.
California ag groups challenge COVID-19 emergency standards capitalpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitalpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tim Hearden California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers, Grower-Shipper Association are among the plaintiffs.
Dec 31, 2020
A coalition of agricultural and business employers has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging the COVID-19 related emergency temporary standards recently approved by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.
The complaint alleges, among other things, that the Board lacks statutory authority to impose many of the sweeping measures of the ETS on California employers.
For California’s multi-generational farmers, the health and safety of their employees and the consumers they serve is their top priority.
“In the weeks and months following Governor Newsom’s emergency declaration in March, California farmers and processors moved quickly to implement dramatic new safety practices aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace,” said Dave Puglia, President & CEO of Wester
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