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Next week is shaping up to be a big one for ag policy. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says she’ll release her plan next week for reorganizing and downsizing her department. But she told members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting on Tuesday the downsizing won’t be as “drastic” as some observers fear.

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The California legislature is looking to expand the use of agricultural compost, this time for livestock carcasses. But rendering industry representatives say broadly easing restrictions for mammalian composting will spread diseases and increase carbon emissions.

Researchers across the California State University, University of California and community college systems are collaborating on a series of free video lessons to address a growing information gap in the agricultural sector.

Researchers led by the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have created the first comprehensive report looking at the sources, impacts and future of dust in California.

Driscoll’s named Gaëlle Le Meur as chief people officer leading the company’s talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, leadership development and inclusion efforts. Kristina Thayer was appointed director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Bryan Anguiano was named state director of USDA Rural Development in California, and Connie Conway returns as state Farm Service Agency director.

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee appear confident they can hold a markup early next week on their portion of the budget reconciliation bill, despite remaining policy decisions. 

The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s new chief says the agency is trying to “go mobile” with aims to have staff complete more work during in-person visits to farms while also attempting to reduce the time it takes producers to fill out paperwork.

The U.S. is raising alarm about negotiations between London and Brussels that could leave the UK more closely aligned with EU standards and tie its hands in UK-U.S. trade talks.

Industry and environmentalists are generally pleased with a final strategy released by EPA last week that outlines how growers can address the impact of insecticide use on endangered species.