Brad Hooker

Trade tips for specialty crops * Rollins grilled on disaster aid * Trump, Carney talk tariffs

Colorado River dollars take hit in funding freeze * SNAP backers try to stem cuts * Trump to meet with Canada’s PM

WGA sues ALRB over card check * House Ag delays action on spending * Trade enforcement funds up in budget proposal

Prep your nuts for ‘the big shrink’ * SGMA has not slowed new wells or plantings * Equipment makers eye price increases due to tariffs

DWR adds 10% bump to water allocations * Budget cut may be ‘modified’ * Craig guns for a Senate seat

CDFA hosts trade talks * Card check fix gets fixed * RFK joins Rollins in Texas * Vaden gets committee vote

Congressional Republicans return from their two-week recess facing the herculean task of finding agreement on a budget reconciliation bill that can enact President Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities. USDA’s top trade nominee will get his confirmation hearing. The House GOP also is taking aim at California climate waivers and an endangered species designation.