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Sacramento Valley farmer Roger Cornwell was elected chair of the Northern California Water Association board of directors. The California Association of Pest Control Advisers hired Keri Frank as a sales manager. 

Tyler Hassen, the head of oilfield services company Basin Energy, has been named assistant secretary of policy, management and budget at the Department of Interior.

Bill targets CARB costs * Rollins to talk bird flu with states, industry * Industry’s message to MAHA

Senators defend Reclamation staff * Western Growers defends FDA * NLRB head reinstated * Spending deadline coming Friday

New glyphosate bill * Reining in AI for employers * Farm groups like tariff pause

Boosting prescribed grazing * Ag climate group presses lawmakers * Fired USDA employees get reprieve

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, has filed a measure that would increase requirements and oversight of farm labor contractors. 

Donald Trump is doubling down on his prediction that farmers are going to sell a lot more of their crops domestically because of his trade wars. Trump imposed higher tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico on Tuesday. And in his speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress, Trump reiterated his plan to impose reciprocal tariffs starting April 2.

ALRB on unsteady ground with Trump * Trump’s message to farmers * Lawmakers seek tariff waivers

The California Farm Bureau and the California Association of Winegrape Growers are co-sponsoring a new bill to ease the state’s agricultural overtime law.