The 2026 Central Valley Project Decision That Reignited California’s Water Fight Yanasa TV News On February 26–27, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced its initial 2026 water year allocation for south-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors under the Central Valley Project (CVP). The number: 15%. For growers on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley — including major contractors like…
California’s AB 732 and the New Policing of Farm Failure Yanasa TV News California agriculture is entering a new phase — not of innovation, not of sustainability, but of enforcement against economic collapse. On January 1, 2026, Assembly Bill 732 quietly takes effect. There were no dramatic floor speeches. No prime-time news segments. No headlines announcing…
The farmland protection law that almost did the opposite — and why the danger isn’t over Yanasa TV News For decades, Connecticut told its farmers a simple story: If you keep farming the land, the state will protect you from being taxed off of it. That promise was embedded in PA 490, the state’s farmland,…
America Won’t Starve. But Rural America May Pay First. Yanasa TV News Iranian state media has confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and announced a 40‑day mourning period. That single confirmation didn’t just change politics—it hardened what markets were already beginning to price: heightened disruption risk around the Strait of Hormuz. This is…
Kansas Cuts Farmers 20%. Texas Signs a 20-Year AI Water Deal. Same Aquifer. Yanasa TV News North of Amarillo, an 18-million-square-foot AI campus known as “Project Matador” is being planned on 6,000 acres leased from Texas Tech University. The project has secured a 20-year agreement with the City of Amarillo for up to 2.5 million gallons…
How Britain’s inheritance tax fight and environmental permitting are converging on family farms Yanasa TV News A rare court move signals deeper trouble In early 2026, the UK High Court quietly did something it almost never does in tax cases: it ordered an urgent, two-day rolled-up judicial review of changes to inheritance tax reliefs affecting farms and…
Inside Johnston County’s Proposed UDO — And Why Rural Residents Should Be Paying Attention Yanasa TV News North Carolina: Johnston County is in the process of rewriting its development rules. Buried inside the more than 600-page draft Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) is a sentence that may appear minor at first glance — but could quietly…
After enforcement and lease termination, 12,863 acres of former grazing land move toward sovereign transfer — raising questions about sequencing, safeguards, and public trust transparency. Yanasa TV News When a grazing lease on state trust land becomes the subject of environmental enforcement, and that same land later appears in a state transfer program, the public…
Too Close for Comfort? Judge’s AGO Ties Spark Recusal Motion In February 2026, Wade and Teresa King — operating as King Ranch — filed a formal motion asking Grant County Superior Court to recuse or disqualify Judge Jennifer Richardson from presiding over their case against the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR). According to filings…
Kelo, Consolidation, and the USDA Lawfare Framework: What Rollins’ Roundtable Signals for Property Rights and American Agriculture Yanasa TV News From inside the USDA Whitten Building, the tone of the Lawfare Roundtable was unmistakable: this was not simply an enforcement update, but a broader reframing of agricultural power and property rights. Secretary Brooke Rollins did…