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California AG today, I m Mike Stephens, we conclude speaking with Carolyn Stringer, Trade Director for the California Fresh Fruit Association. She concludes with an optimism of supply chain problems subsiding by mid-summer.<p>Essentially, the consumers have changed the way that they spend their money, and we re all spending it on like Amazon Prime Days and home improvement and new couches because we re spending more time at home, right? So we want our homes to be more comfortable, and many of those things are coming from across the ocean and that s where the demand for inbound cargo is coming from. And so once we can get back to going out to restaurants and going to plays and concerts and spending our disposable income on those things, then the thought is that there will be less pressure on the ports with respect to imported goods. From what I m hearing, all the quote experts keep saying, we see this improving and pressure alleviating by mid-summer. That s the projection. It coul ....
For California AG today, I m Mike Stephens, we continue speaking with Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. She spoke how preparations are being made for the implementation of Sigma, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.<p>This is the importance of being actively engaged with your irrigation district and now with Sigma, the groundwater sustainability agencies that are being created to make sure that you have a voice and what those plans look like. Just this week, the department notified six Central Valley groundwater sustainability agencies that their plans that were submitted 18 months ago are incomplete. They have 180 days now to to update and provide the additional information or additional planning that s required to get approval from the Department of Water Resources. The staff for water resources will be very available to help them work through some of the engineering, some of the technology issues that are incomplete. But this is ....
For California AG today, I m Mike Stephens, we continue speaking with Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. She spoke how preparations are being made for the implementation of Sigma, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.<p>This is the importance of being actively engaged with your irrigation district and now with Sigma, the groundwater sustainability agencies that are being created to make sure that you have a voice and what those plans look like. Just this week, the department notified six Central Valley groundwater sustainability agencies that their plans that were submitted 18 months ago are incomplete. They have 180 days now to to update and provide the additional information or additional planning that s required to get approval from the Department of Water Resources. The staff for water resources will be very available to help them work through some of the engineering, some of the technology issues that are incomplete. But this is ....
For California Ag Today, I’m Mike Stephens <p>With the recent rain fall and snowpack. The numbers are looking promising this season. The numbers of current regional snowpack from automated snow sensors, has been released by the Department of Water Resources. All data is from January 3rd 2022.<p>The areas are Northern Sierra/Trinity, Central Sierra and the Southern Sierra. <p>Northern Sierra; 30 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 15 inches. 52 percent of April 1 average and 135 percent of normal for this date.<p>Central Sierra; 43 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 16.8 inches. 57 percent of April 1 average and 148 percent of normal for this date. <p>South Sierra; 30 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 14 inches. 55 percent of April 1 average and 160 percent of normal for this date. <p>State numbers are; with 103 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 15.5 inches. 55 percent of April ....
For California Ag Today, I’m Mike Stephens <p>With the recent rain fall and snowpack. The numbers are looking promising this season. The numbers of current regional snowpack from automated snow sensors, has been released by the Department of Water Resources. All data is from January 3rd 2022.<p>The areas are Northern Sierra/Trinity, Central Sierra and the Southern Sierra. <p>Northern Sierra; 30 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 15 inches. 52 percent of April 1 average and 135 percent of normal for this date.<p>Central Sierra; 43 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 16.8 inches. 57 percent of April 1 average and 148 percent of normal for this date. <p>South Sierra; 30 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 14 inches. 55 percent of April 1 average and 160 percent of normal for this date. <p>State numbers are; with 103 reporting stations, average snow water equivalent 15.5 inches. 55 percent of April ....