On April 30, 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) ordered the immediate curtailment of water diversions for junior water rights holders in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Watershed and Delta.
In the last farm bill, Congress required that producers enact certain minimal environmental standards if they farmed on highly erodible land or wetlands. These requirements are referred to as “conservation compliance,” and while not everyone has to implement practices on their land, everyone has to fill-out a certification form.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) issued a Pest Detection Advisory Notice (No. PD05-2015) on April 27, 2015, indicating a psyllid was trapped in Hollister, California (San Benito County), on March 3, 2015.
