SB 964, as introduced, Anderson. Food and agriculture: production forecasts.
Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture and vests with the department various duties and obligations related to regulation of the agricultural industry of the state. Existing law requires the department to supply the Department of Water Resources with a specified forecast that estimates the amount of production of food, fiber, livestock, and other farm products, as specified.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the provisions relating to that forecast.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 411 of the Food and Agricultural Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall supply
4the Department of Water Resources with a forecast that estimates
5the amount of production of food, fiber, livestock, and other farm
6products.
P2 1(b) As part of the forecast, the Department of Food and
2Agriculture’s assumptions shall be based upon 20-year estimates
3that include, but are not limited to, the following data:
4(1) Land use conversion rates and the amount of landbegin insert that isend insert
5 available for agricultural production.
6(2) The growing need
for food, fiber,begin delete livestockend deletebegin insert livestock,end insert and
7other farm products as the state’s and the nation’s populations
8grow.
9(3) Implementation of irrigation technology and other on-farm
10water conservation measures.
11(4) Advances in crop yields and production techniques.
12(5) Alternate uses of crops.
13(c) Thebegin delete departmentend deletebegin insert Department of Food and Agricultureend insert shall
14include an additional table in
the forecast that estimates the
15agricultural water needs based upon food security considerations
16that include, at a minimum,begin insert
all ofend insert the following:
17(1) Population growth estimates.
18(2) Production of farm products sufficient to feed the state’s
19population, as well as continue to provide at least 25 percent of
20the nation’s table food.
21(3) Production necessary to meet the growth in export markets.
22(d) To the extent feasible, the Department of Food and
23Agriculture may cooperate with the Department of Finance, the
24University of California, and other institutions and organizations
25in obtaining information for the forecasts.
26(e) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish the
27forecast to the Department of Water Resources for estimating
28related water usage, as well as to
the Chairs of the Assembly
29Committee on Agriculture, the Assembly Committee on Water,
30Parks, and Wildlife, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and
31Water Resources. The Department of Water Resources shall include
32this information in Bulletin 160.
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