Bond and grazing bills pulled for the year

05/05/21 6:47 AM By Brad Hooker

A $3 billion food and ag bond, a $7 billion climate resilience bond and a bill to expand grazing for wildfire prevention have been pulled.

Daybreak West: Wealthy fleeing cities for vineyard estates

11/02/20 9:48 AM By Brad Hooker

DPR takes aerial sprayer to court * Cattlemen fight fires * EPA gearing up for greener pesticides * Key Dem demands action on USMCA * New wildlife law offers compensation

Cattleman calls for more grazing on public lands to prevent fires

11/02/20 9:41 AM By Brad Hooker

Beef cattle grazing plays an important role in reducing fuel loads to prevent wildfires, argued ag appraiser Tony Toso at an ASFMRA meeting.

Calif. ranchers challenge critical habitat designations for frogs, toad

08/02/17 6:45 AM By Steve Davies

CALIFORNIA, August 2, 2017 - Three California farm groups are taking a new tack in challenging Fish and Wildlife Service critical habitat designations for two frogs and a toad.

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.

This week’s Open Mic guest is Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. As a third-generation farmer, Tester and his wife are seeing firsthand the devastating impact of drought in the West. Tester supports infrastructure spending and government outlays to pull the country out of the pandemic-induced recession. In this interview, he speaks to the issues of consolidation, competition and transparency in the cattle market as well as California’s Proposition 12 and recently proposed legislation to eliminate CAFOs by 2040.

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Opinion: California: A misguided leader in economic protectionism

California recently added to its no-travel list. There are now 17 states California officials are forbidden to travel on state business because those states have laws that don’t pass muster in the eyes of California’s ever vigilant hall monitors. In two initiatives passed by California voters in 2008 and 2018, California has placed restrictions on out-of-state producers of agricultural products, barring the import of animal products produced in facilities that don’t meet California’s requirements on animal housing.

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Washington Week in Review: July 22, 2021: Sen. Kevin Cramer, R- N.D. on bipartisan infrastructure talks

This week Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., joins Philip Brasher to discuss the latest on bipartisan infrastructure talks and reconciliation. Cramer also shares concerns about ending stepped-up basis, a carbon border tax, and North Dakota farmers suffering from drought.

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