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Rehashing 2019 debates, Legislature targets the granular form of chlorpyrifos

08/05/20 8:43 AM By Brad Hooker

Debate has again flared up an insecticide widely used in other states and now banned in California from all uses except the granular form.

Ag groups see chlorpyrifos report as a hopeful sign

07/22/20 9:10 AM By Brad Hooker

Agricultural trade groups are responding with optimism to a much-anticipated report proposing alternatives to the pesticide chlorpyrifos that the Newsom administration released last week.

State releases pivotal report on alternatives to banned insecticide

07/17/20 12:56 PM By Brad Hooker

The Department of Pesticide Regulation and CDFA have released a much-anticipated report proposing alternatives to the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

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.

CDPR: California pesticide use dropped in 2017

06/19/19 9:37 AM By Steve Davies

Agricultural pesticide use in California declined 1.9 percent in 2017 — or about 3.7 million pounds — according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

Farm Hands on the Potomac West: Marks leaves California EPA

06/05/19 8:47 AM By Hannah Pagel

The California EPA announced that the acting director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, Teresa Marks, will retire effective immediately.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Dolcini heads home

03/27/19 11:42 AM By Hannah Pagel

California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Val Dolcini to join the California Environmental Protection Agency as deputy secretary for agriculture.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Staff additions for House Ag and USDA

03/27/19 5:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee Collin Peterson announced the additions of new staff members and Michawn Rich and Meghan Rodgers move up in USDA.

Pollinator advocates say agriculture more aware of challenges

01/10/18 6:35 AM By Steve Davies

The importance of pollinators was a hot topic in agriculture and beyond in 2017, as initiatives to protect bees and butterflies continued to emerge.

Open Mic: Claire Babineaux Fontenot

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. Farmers continue to help feed the hungry, but the number of Americans who are hungry and food insecure is greater today than during the Covid pandemic. Babineaux-Fontenot says the food lines may have moved back inside the buildings, but the need for food continues to grow as contributions are down and federal commodity donations have decreased. Babineaux-Fontenot says federal nutrition programs should be amended to avoid food “cliffs” and help individuals transition away from assistance programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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