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Water fight over voluntary agreements spills into Legislature

05/04/22 8:28 AM By Brad Hooker

State agencies will face a hard deadline for approving the Bay-Delta Plan, if lawmakers approve a bill progressing through the Legislature.

California’s version of the Clean Water Act sets ambitious 2050 goals

04/28/21 7:56 AM By Brad Hooker

Assembly Agriculture Chair Robert Rivas of Hollister is pushing for California to clean up all of its surface waters enough to be drinkable, fishable and swimmable by 2050.

Lawmakers reluctantly embrace bioenergy to avoid ag burning

04/12/21 7:08 AM By Brad Hooker

A bill incentivizing the construction of new biomass facilities has pitted environmental lawmakers against environmental groups.

Microplastics in California’s agricultural soils could be hurting crop production, or worse

03/10/21 8:03 AM By Brad Hooker

Microplastics are polluting waterways and soils in California and the Legislature is considering actions to curb this trend.

Rehashing 2019 debates, Legislature targets the granular form of chlorpyrifos

08/05/20 8:43 AM By Brad Hooker

Debate has again flared up an insecticide widely used in other states and now banned in California from all uses except the granular form.

Daybreak: Chlorpyrifos bill sees contentious debate

07/31/20 2:11 PM By Brad Hooker

H-2A rights bill adds more mandates * Paid family leave could be expanded in CA

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: June 2, 2023: USDA’s Jenny Lester Moffitt, NTF’s Joel Brandenberger and NCC’s Ashley Peterson on HPAI and more

One year ago, highly pathogenic avian influenza was a major concern in the poultry industry; now, detections have dropped considerably, but USDA and the nation’s producers are maintaining their vigilance. USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss the situation as well as how the department hopes its regional food centers will benefit producers.

Then, Joel Brandenberger with the National Turkey Federation and Ashley Peterson with the National Chicken Council discuss the current HPAI outlook across the country, the issues surrounding vaccination conversations, and how the industry hopes to move forward.

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