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What a $55B budget problem means for food and ag programs

09/18/24 7:06 AM By Brad Hooker

Lawmakers have cast their final votes on the remaining trailer bills before gaveling the session to a close. Left on the table is nearly all of a $1.1 billion sustainable agriculture package, but few incentive programs are receiving any new funding for the current fiscal year and beyond.

A decade of SGMA: Water and ag leaders weigh in

09/18/24 7:04 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Ten years in, the State Water Resources Control Board is just now having to act on its role as the regulatory backstop for the 2014 law.

CPUC approves timelines to speed up new electrical services

09/18/24 7:01 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

The targets affect Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison.

Newsom looks to sign nation’s first ban on ‘sell by’ dates for food labels

09/18/24 6:05 AM By Brad Hooker

The Legislature has sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill to prohibit “sell by” dates on food packaging to clear up consumer confusion and cut food waste.

AFBF survey: Trump backs higher commodity program supports, Harris stresses aid to small producers

09/12/24 6:34 PM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

Former President Donald Trump, responding to a survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation, is throwing his support behind increasing commodity price supports and other assistance for producers. But Vice President Kamala Harris notes Trump proposed budgets that would have cut some farm programs.

CDC can't determine how Missouri man became infected with bird flu

In California, no sign herds were infected by migrating birds

09/12/24 3:54 PM By Steve Davies

Federal health officials say they haven’t been able to pinpoint how a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu, the 14^th case in the U.S. this year but the first that appears not to involve animal exposure.

EJs publish findings from controversial air monitoring effort

09/12/24 10:40 AM By Brad Hooker

Activists donning backpack air monitors have garnered scorn from farmers claiming they trespassed after pesticide applications. With UC Davis public health researchers, the advocates have published the results.

Deforestation policies could harm California farmers

09/11/24 10:02 AM By Brad Hooker

UC Davis Assistant Professor Mark Agerton and his graduate student studied the issue after six U.S. senators raised concerns over avocado imports in February.

New insurance reforms may be a lifeline for farmers and ranchers saddled with fire risks

09/11/24 7:04 AM By Brad Hooker

The plan reflects a compromise allowing insurance providers to raise premiums in exchange for covering a greater portion of the at-risk properties.

A week of California water talks call for regulatory haste

09/11/24 7:03 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Multiple sessions discussing California’s water management took place over the first week of September, focusing attention on state regulators and pressure points faced by California agriculture.

Open Mic: Representative Dusty Johnson

This week’s Open Mic guest is South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson. Last week hundreds of farmers were in Washington calling on legislators to press forward to approve a new farm bill. Johnson says deadlines drive achievement in Congress and the challenges farmers shared with their elected leaders was more than enough to try and beat the political odds to deliver new risk management tools and nutrition programs. Johnson shares concerns about farmer use of Chinese drone technology. He is critical of the Biden administration’s immigration policy saying rules are too stringent to legally enter the country and too easy to enter illegally.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 13, 2024: Sen. John Hoeven on trade, farm bill; farmer panel

North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven joins the show to discuss the potential impact on agriculture of Donald Trump’s tariff proposals.

Then, incoming National Sorghum Producers Chairwoman Amy France and American Soybean Association director Ronnie Russell discuss the unique farm bill push from coalitions of row crop farmers on Capitol Hill this week.

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