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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, May 13, 2024
A new report by the Department of Water Resources concludes that agricultural water use is “largely efficient” but the Legislature may need to make some changes to account for climate impacts.
New recommendations from the California Water Commission are raising fears over adding more fuel for bills that seek to overhaul the state’s water rights system.
While the Newsom administration is backing a set of voluntary agreements over freshwater flows, the U.S. EPA is siding with environmentalists and wants to commit 40-60% of the water to fish.
Legislation is in the works to update the state’s definition of integrated pest management, emphasizing that chemical control does fall within the practices.
Over the last seven years, agriculture has replaced more than 12,000 tractors and other off-road equipment with newer, lower-emission models, dropping daily NOx emissions by more than 11 tons.