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Rivas pitches a $3B bond for conservation ag and food assistance

03/17/21 8:00 AM By Brad Hooker

Assembly Ag Chair Robert Rivas has a bill that would put a $3.1 billion food and ag bond on the November 2022 ballot.

Farmworkers, climate and wildfires are the focus of new legislation in California

02/24/21 6:17 AM By Brad Hooker

The California Legislature is planning an active session this year to make up for lost time in 2020.

Newsom cabinet applauds—and adds to—Biden’s conservation order

01/28/21 10:12 AM By Brad Hooker

Biden wants to more than double the amount of conserved land, and Newsom is already on it.

Daybreak: Biden rejects Nichols in tapping EPA leader

12/18/20 11:35 AM By Brad Hooker

Urban sprawl threatens ag lands * Ag issues surface in COVID talks * Interior, EPA show climate focus * A father of CRP likes talk of increase

Urban sprawl threatens more farmland, warns climate group

12/18/20 11:24 AM By Brad Hooker

In a new report, CalCAN reviewed two incentives programs aimed at developing affordable housing and conserving ag lands.

Farm Bureau President has a five-step recovery plan for California

11/04/20 11:40 AM By Brad Hooker

California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson has shared with Gov. Gavin Newsom a five-point plan for how agriculture can play a role in the state’s economic recovery.

Newsom’s conservation order raises more skepticism for farmers and ranchers

10/14/20 9:44 AM By Brad Hooker

The order raises more questions about the administration’s agenda when it comes to pesticides and freshwater flows for threatened fish species.

Daybreak: Newsom to conserve 30% of CA

10/08/20 12:30 PM By Brad Hooker

Ag exports down 9% * Nobel puts focus on gene editing * Meat exports recovering

Newsom touts ag in largely symbolic conservation order

10/08/20 12:18 PM By Brad Hooker

Vague on details, the order commits California to conserving 30% of its land and coastal water by 2030.

Daybreak: NRCS offers $30M for wetland restoration

10/06/20 10:11 AM By Brad Hooker

A fish plan gets past ‘warring science’ * These growers benefit as Americans eat in * Bar on GMO seed labeling challenged

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Jim Sutter, CEO, U.S. Soybean Export Council

This week’s Open Mic guest is Jim Sutter, CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council. As trade tensions with China have shifted more of their imports from Brazil, U.S. soybean farmers have successfully diversified their global demand base. Sutter says domestic supplies have higher quality than soybeans from anywhere else in the world and thus prove a better value for customers both in raw beans and in soy products. Sutter says production sustainability is becoming a greater priority in some markets which is a big advantage for U.S. soybean farmers and he sees increases in both global demand and production of oilseeds.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 20, 2024: Todd Van Hoose on Farm Credit System, farm economy

The Farm Credit System has experienced many changes in recent decades to better support rural America. Todd Van Hoose, retiring president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council, discussed the viability of lenders in 2025 and looked back at a historic farm bill advocacy push. Christy Seyfert will succeed Van Hoose in January.

Then, The Russell Group’s Jessica Schulken and John Weber from Monument Advocacy discuss the potential impacts of DOGE and what influence RFK Jr. may have on the food and agriculture industries.

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