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Bills to watch as the Legislature hits the final sprint

08/16/23 7:30 AM By Brad Hooker

More than 1,600 bills are still in play and agricultural lobbyists are racing through meetings with legislators to get ahead of critical floor debates. The focus has now shifted from water rights to labor issues.

El Niño poised to once again shape weather in West

08/16/23 7:29 AM By Steve Davies

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Abnormally high temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean this summer have increased the chances of storms that could develop into hurricanes this year, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last week in an analysis that also predicted El Nino likely would continue through the winter.

Walnut farmers face pivotal harvest with optimism

08/16/23 7:26 AM By Bill Tomson

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Drought, low prices, supply chain disruptions have been plaguing California’s walnut farmers for years and a heat wave during last year’s harvest scorched the state’s groves, but ideal weather so far this year has the sector optimistic that growers are going to see their fortunes change.

California Milk Excelerator building momentum for new innovative dairy products

08/16/23 7:25 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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John Talbot, CEO of the California Milk Advisory Board, and Fred Schonenberg, founder of VentureFuel, an innovation advisory firm, happened to be sitting next to each other at a conference when they hatched the idea of creating a "Shark Tank" program to spur the development of new products made from California milk. The Real California Milk Excelerator program was born.

Forest easement program gains support for farm bill inclusion

08/16/23 7:20 AM By Steve Davies

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A forest conservation easement program (FCEP) proposed for inclusion in the farm bill is getting support from “a broad coalition of conservation, sportsmen and working forest organizations and companies,” the Land Trust Alliance said Tuesday.

CDFA seeking proposals for manure management, digester research

08/16/23 7:14 AM By Spencer Chase

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The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is giving interested parties until mid-September to submit proposals for manure management practices that might be considered in an upcoming calculation tool for two state programs.

California congressmen join call for eRIN program

08/16/23 7:10 AM By Spencer Chase

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Nine Democratic members of Congress – including four from the California delegation – are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to advance a rule that would allow electric vehicles to be part of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.

Farm Hands West: Abrams-Rivera tapped as Kraft Heinz CEO

08/16/23 7:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

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Carlos Abrams-Rivera has been tapped as the next CEO of Kraft Heinz and Jeffrey Kightlinger has been hired as a consultant by the Imperial Irrigation District.

Gibson resigns from Utah Farm Bureau post amid farmworker abuse allegations

08/15/23 10:34 PM By Spencer Chase

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Ron Gibson, the Utah Farm Bureau president who announced a leave of absence last week following the release of a video of a confrontation with the farmworkers on his dairy operation, has resigned from his position.

EPA rejects CAFO petition, will evaluate current regulations

08/15/23 5:58 PM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition calling for stricter regulation of animal feeding operations, deciding instead to establish a federal advisory committee to examine the matter.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sen. Peter Welch on farm bill, Mary Boote on Global Farmer sentiment

The Senate is expected to release farm bill text soon. We asked Vermont Sen. Peter Welch what he’d like to see included, and if there will be a push to remove state SNAP cost share provisions enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Welch also discusses concerns about staffing levels at farmer-facing USDA offices.

Plus, Global Farmer Network founder and CEO Mary Boote discusses how farmers around the world have responded to U.S. trade and tariff policies enacted by the Trump administration, as well as technology adoption trends from GFN members in 70+ countries in 6 continents.

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