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The Biden administration is launching the application process for a $1 billion program that will test ways farms of all sizes can profit from the low-carbon commodities they produce through practices that cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The California Natural Resources Agency has been gathering feedback over plans to conserve 30% of the state’s land and coastal waters by 2030.

Lawmakers are staring at yet another government funding deadline with little sign of progress on a deal for fiscal 2022 spending, while ag groups await the Biden administration’s launch of its signature initiative for developing markets for low-carbon agricultural commodities.

Bolstered by strong commodity prices, U.S. farm earnings should stay well above historic levels this year even as producers grapple with high production costs and the government’s pandemic relief phases out, the Agriculture Department reports.

Minority farmers and producers considered to be historically underserved by federal programs, including beginning farmers, received less than 4% of the payments provided by the Trump administration’s Market Facilitation Program, according to the Government Accountability Office.

The Legislative Analyst’s Office is urging lawmakers to reject Newsom's proposal to double funding for his farm-to-school grant program.

Business analyst Rob McMillan of Silicon Valley Bank is looking back on 2021 as good—but not great.

State senators have introduced a bill to establish a water storage and conveyance fund.

DWR is closely watching the burn scar of the 2021 Dixie Fire, the state’s largest single fire in history.