The State Senate has unveiled an agriculture budget proposal that rejects the Newsom administration’s bid to overhaul the state’s mill assessment on pesticides.

The Legislature has advanced a measure requiring all state institutions to purchase California-grown products ahead of others.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is following through on a commitment to resolving the issue of farmers losing wildfire coverage.

Asm. Rivas said he was “just on the phone with the governor’s staff” discussing why “many agricultural regions weren't getting a fair share of the supply of the vaccine.”

CalEPA Secretary Jared Blumenfeld apologized for not having “a longer conversation” with farmers before proposing to overhaul the pesticide mill assessment.

A bill that would set goals for carbon sequestration for natural and working lands lays the groundwork for private carbon markets.