As of yesterday, The Almond Board of California (ABC) has made a landmark decision that is already rippling through the state’s agricultural community: the Board of Directors has voted to discontinue funding for the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Objective Measurement Report. After more than six decades of relying on the July report to predict the size of California’s almond crop, the industry is preparing for a dramatic shift in how crop forecasts will be developed and interpreted. Why... Read More
A significant shift in how water is moved, stored, and allocated throughout California is now taking effect, following a directive issued by former President Donald Trump earlier this year. On December 4, 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a new operational framework for the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP), known as Action 5, marking one of the largest federal water management updates in more than a decade. The decision stems directly from the federal Long-Term... Read More
