Articles Tagged with ''California''

Lawmakers are steering $346 million in USDA funding to their home states and districts this year as earmarks returned for the first time since Republicans took control of the House in 2011 and then-President Barack Obama vowed to veto bills that had such designated spending.

Farmworkers in Oregon will earn overtime pay starting next year under a bill passed by the Legislature last week.

An often-overlooked segment of the farmworker population in California is gaining increased recognition as community-based organizations and researchers have collected and shared their experiences of working through the pandemic.

As California plans for continued climate change, including the need to manage agricultural water use to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), a new report finds the intersection of energy with water and climate may not be getting as much attention as it deserves, especially in farm country.

Farmers and food companies are under pressure from their customers and federal officials to expand the use of digital tracking methods as a way to curb foodborne illness outbreaks and document that the products were grown with sustainable practices. Farm groups, however, are concerned about the privacy of the data that is being generated.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation has begun the formal review process of the pesticide imidacloprid and products containing it which are used to control insects.

A private-lands project that aims to improve conditions for threatened coho salmon in California is getting an $8 million boost from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture set policy for the coming year at a recent gathering, where the organization put a priority on the flow of ag goods in the U.S. and overseas.

West coast seafood industry groups are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider the impact on near-shore fisheries as they prepare a congressionally ordered report on the reintroduction of sea otters.

Californians identified water supply and drought as their top environmental concern in a recent survey, and the number of respondents who said they believe climate change is contributing to drought increased.