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Water Board sees Ag Order as a heavy lift

10/27/20 11:24 AM By Brad Hooker

The Central Coast Water Board has held two more indepth meetings to review the many details and concerns of the proposed Ag Order 4.0.

Disease, wildfires and rats: Water quality regulation raises more issues for growers

09/30/20 9:25 AM By Brad Hooker

Farmers worry that a regulation requiring vegetative buffers along waterways could create habitat for invasive pests as well as fuel for wildfires.

Water board exceeds its authority with Ag Order 4.0, argue farm groups

09/16/20 9:29 AM By Brad Hooker

An ambitious water quality regulation known as Agricultural Order 4.0 sits on shaky legal ground, according to agricultural groups contesting the draft order.

Compost order gets an update, gains broad support

04/15/20 8:21 AM By Brad Hooker

The State Water Resources Control Board has eased restrictions on a conservation practice the administration has strongly encouraged for dairy farmers.

Farmers fear Ag Order 4.0 will slash lettuce and berry production

03/03/20 3:08 PM By Brad Hooker

A costly new regulation has farmers worried year-round production on the Central Coast will be reduced to just one season.

Daybreak: Calling pesticides cancerous, Becerra criticizes EPA change to exclusion zones

01/30/20 11:48 PM By Brad Hooker

Dairy sued for $65 million, drawing pleas from farmers * EPA re-states Roundup safety

Seven questions for the Central Valley Water Board’s Patrick Pulupa

11/20/19 7:32 AM By Brad Hooker

Pulupa discussed the need for balancing reason with science in regulating agriculture, how farmers are environmentalists here and the regulatory challenges farmers are facing today.

Iowa takes fight against Raccoon River case to state Supreme Court

10/23/19 6:25 AM By Steve Davies

Environmental groups in Iowa seeking action to tackle nutrient pollution are encountering stiff opposition from the state, which has asked the Supreme Court to throw out a court challenge in the matter.

Daybreak West for July 22-26

07/22/19 12:30 AM By Brad Hooker

More details in 1,3-D spike * Comments on bumblebees as endangered species * State hears coastal water issues * California farmers rally for USMCA * Water Board increasing ag fees * BeeCheck for growers launches

Lake Erie 'rights of nature' law prompts lawsuit

03/13/19 6:35 AM By Ben Nuelle

A first in the nation “rights-of-nature” law will give Toledo, Ohio, residents the ability to sue polluters on behalf of Lake Erie — if it holds up in federal court.

Julie Anna Potts, North American Meat Institute

This week’s Open Mic guest is Julie Anna Potts, president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute. Few segments of the food industry were forced to adapt as quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic to meet consumer demand as members of the North American Meat Institute. Now, Potts says, the meat industry is looking forward to a new normal and embracing new challenges including a court challenge to California’s Proposition 12 ballot initiative that threatens to wreak havoc on interstate commerce of meat. Potts says resolving labor issues remains a top priority for the meat industry as well as securing the safety of their existing workers from COVID-19.

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Opinion: Global school feeding programs

Marshall Matz and Julia Johnson discuss important findings of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation's new report, “School Meals Around the World”, which provides necessary insights into the power of school meals in shaping the food and education system.

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Meet the Farm Hand

04.09.2021

Meet the Farm Hand: Autumn Price, Land O'Lakes

Autumn Price discusses her Georgia roots and explains the journey she took to come to D.C. She also reflects on the lessons she learned while working on the Senate Ag Committee, the story of how she and her husband first met, the ‘grain glitch,’ and even shares her most embarrassing moment.

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