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Farm Hands West: Newsom appoints California's regional water quality control board

04/21/21 7:02 AM By Hannah Pagel

Gov. Gavin Newsom makes appointments to California's Regional Water Quality Boards and Church Brothers Farms makes additions to its sales team.

Farm Hands West: California native takes USDA job

03/31/21 7:15 AM By Hannah Pagel and Spencer Chase

Oscar Gonzales has a new role at USDA and a handful of people are getting ready for new board roles.

Newsom admits mistakes, salutes ag, but is criticized on his farm policy

03/10/21 12:00 AM By Brad Hooker

In his State of the State address Tuesday night, Gov. Newsom admitted the state’s progress in recovering from the pandemic “hasn’t always felt fast enough.”

Is water infrastructure or green technology better for stimulating California’s economy?

02/03/21 10:12 AM By Brad Hooker

Analysts and economists say both stimulus approaches would have long-term benefits, but may not help with immediate recovery.

While wildfires burn, lawmakers struggle to find consensus

09/16/20 6:54 AM By Sara Wyant

The ongoing debate over climate change is complicating the search for solutions over how to prevent massive wildfires that continue to ravage many rural areas across the west.

Farm Hands West: Puglia added to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee

07/22/20 10:27 AM By Hannah Pagel

Western Growers CEO Dave Puglia has been selected to serve on the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee to advise the Agriculture Department and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on policies related to new and existing trade agreements.

New surprises in the evolving budget bills

06/24/20 9:40 AM By Brad Hooker

As the Legislature votes on a budget agreement with the Newsom administration this week, more details are trickling out, along with new trailer bills.

Daybreak: Deal reached on state budget

06/23/20 8:04 AM By Brad Hooker

Senate passes bill on H-2A worker rights * Judge bars glyphosate warning * CFAP payments top $4 billion

Lawmakers and Gov. Newsom wrangle over budget details

06/17/20 9:30 AM By Brad Hooker and Sara Wyant

Facing a $54.3 billion deficit, California lawmakers checked their “to do” list earlier this week and approved a new budget just ahead of the June 15 constitutional deadline.

Newsom sides with anti-pesticide activists in a CalEPA directive. But what does it mean?

05/13/20 8:11 AM By Brad Hooker

Newsom's letter is raising confusion among ag commissioners while giving a boost to an activist group with ties to his family.

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Debbie Reed, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium

This week’s Open Mic guest is Debbie Reed, executive director of the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium. ESMC was established in 2017 from the Noble Foundation’s desire to discover market-based solutions to improve soil health. With tremendous energy from the private sector toward reducing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, Reed says agriculture and forestry can play an important role in accomplishing positive environmental outcomes. Reed ways Washington is playing “catch up” to the industry’s efforts toward sustainability, but can still play a critical role to desired outcomes.

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Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate

In this opinion piece, Daren Bakst and Gabriella Beaumont-Smith with The Heritage Foundation discuss the potential fallout from Mexico’s bans and what the administration can do.

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Washington Week in Review: May 6, 2021: Rep. Dusty Johnson on 30x30, infrastructure, beef bills

The Biden administration rolled out a plan to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by 2030 this week, and House Ag Committee Republican Dusty Johnson is among many looking for specifics on what this means for American agriculture. In this interview, the South Dakota Republican offers his thoughts on that as well as where he sees infrastructure and beef cattle market reforms going in 2021.

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