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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.

California’s version of the Clean Water Act sets ambitious 2050 goals

04/28/21 7:56 AM By Brad Hooker

Assembly Agriculture Chair Robert Rivas of Hollister is pushing for California to clean up all of its surface waters enough to be drinkable, fishable and swimmable by 2050.

Buy California bill gets unanimous support

04/23/21 7:06 AM By Brad Hooker

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

Ag lawmaker goes toe-to-toe with anti-meat advocate

04/21/21 7:23 AM By Brad Hooker

A food and ag bond proposal has pitted environmental groups against each other, stoking frustration from one lawmaker with a farming background.

EDF and lawmakers make plans for farmland to be fallowed under SGMA

04/14/21 7:44 AM By Brad Hooker

The Environmental Defense Fund has published a guide for local agencies preparing for a future with a large portion of the nation’s most productive lands no longer farmed.

Labor and ag groups unite on bill to stockpile N95s

04/09/21 7:56 AM By Brad Hooker

California Farm Bureau, Teamsters and farmworker groups are supporting a measure to stockpile N95s for farmworkers ahead of wildfire season.

Ag chairs ask Newsom to declare drought emergency

04/08/21 9:27 AM By Brad Hooker

Current and former state ag committee chairs are calling for a statewide drought emergency.

The pandemic and drought may be changing California politics

03/31/21 8:10 AM By Brad Hooker

With Democrats holding a super majority of power in California since 2018, Republican Assemblymember Andreas Borgeas of Fresno is seeing the pendulum now swing in the other direction.

Food and ag bond proposal would boost the field-to-food bank supply chain

03/24/21 8:27 AM By Brad Hooker

A new California bill aims to support farmworkers, disadvantaged growers and food assistance programs, while promoting organic agriculture and climate-resilient practices.

Assembly Ag chair pushes Newsom on farmworker vaccines

03/24/21 7:14 AM By Brad Hooker

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.”

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Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

This week’s Open Mic guest is U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin. The Illinois Democrat has long been concerned about a changing climate and the challenges it poses for the nation and its farmers. Durbin supports the American Jobs Act and recognizes the agriculture industry’s concerns over tax amendments to pay for the investment. He continues to work for immigration reform with a strong agriculture worker component and hopes for new efforts to expand market opportunities for farmers and ranchers.

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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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