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Agricultural groups are pleading with lawmakers to restore funding for key climate and endangered species programs.

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.

Facing a budget deficit, Newsom is proposing no new funding for a grant program for replacing older ag equipment with lower-emission models.

Along with zero-emission technologies like electric tractors, agriculture is generating creative ways of squeezing more efficiency and cost-effectiveness out of combustion engines, presenting new hurdles for incentives grants.

Gov. Newsom is issuing his January budget proposal Monday, setting the framework for negotiations with lawmakers.