The current water year is shaping up to be one of the worst hydrologic years on record for the Colorado River Basin, with dangerously low snowpack, declining runoff, and growing pressure on already strained reservoirs. A broad coalition of agricultural organizations,...
Securing the Flow: Federal Priorities and Project Pathways to Water Infrastructure October 22nd, 2025 1:00 – 2:00 PM Eastern Time The Ferguson Group (TFG) continues its 2025 Federal Strategy & Funding Webinar Series with a focus on the changing landscape of...
The Family Farm Alliance Board of Directors has elected new officers who will guide the organization into 2026. Mark Hansen (WASHINGTON) has been elected President. Mr. Hansen raises irrigated forage crops and cattle in Washington’s Kittitas Valley, drawing on a...
This week, nearly 30 farmers, ranchers, and water managers from across the West were in Washington, D.C., for the Family Farm Alliance’s annual Farmer Lobbyist Trip. Representatives from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Nebraska, New Mexico, Washington,...
In a long-anticipated decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a resounding victory for agriculture in Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, et al. v. Nickels, et al. On September 5, 2025, a three-judge panel upheld the U.S. District Court...
As Colorado River negotiations move toward a new era of policy, the Family Farm Alliance is working to ensure that irrigated agriculture remains a central pillar in the conversation—and in the Basin’s future. Farmers and ranchers throughout the Colorado River Basin...
