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Friday’s top of the scroll: Feds plan $10M in aid for thirsty farms, Would help boost water-saving efforts, mostly in west valley

Posted by: Maven on March 5, 2010 at 8:44 am

From the Modesto Bee:

“The federal government on Thursday announced $10 million in aid to farmers suffering from water shortages in the San Joaquin Valley. The money will help farmers, mainly along the west valley, with efforts such as drip irrigation and preventing soil erosion from fallowed fields.

“With the challenges to California farmers caused by three years of drought, we are making available much-needed assistance to some of the hardest-hit producers,” said Dave White, chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, who met with farmers in Fresno.

Water allotments last year were cut to 10 percent of the contract amount for some parts of the valley served by the federal Central Valley Project. This happened in part because of the drought and in part to protect salmon and other fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. … “

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March 5, 2010 · Filed Under Agriculture

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