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A coalition of farm groups are suing to block the Environmental Protection Agency from prohibiting the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops, starting Feb. 28.

Farmers who plant cover crops will be eligible for crop insurance premium subsidies worth $5 an acre for the second year in a row.

Sen. Dahle took aim at a program for repurposing fallowed farmland for ecosystem restoration and other conservation goals.

Despite state and federal intervention, the shipping situation at some West Coast ports continues to get worse.

The State Board of Food and Agriculture has begun tackling this issue in advising CDFA on potential policy choices.

USDA is allocating more than $70 million to support 372 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program including more work on Asian giant hornets and plant pest detector dog teams.

UnitedAg has tapped Jayson Welter to serve as general counsel and Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Nora Vargas to sit on the California Air Resources Board.

The Biden administration is setting lofty goals for its $1 billion initiative to develop marketable climate-smart commodities, while establishing an aggressive timetable to get pilot projects underway before Congress writes the next farm bill.

The two lead sponsors of legislation that would introduce new reforms to the cattle sector say they are undeterred by recent opposition to the bill’s key plank.

Modernizing wheat breeding to prepare the major food crop for changing climate conditions is the goal of a new five-year $15 million national research project.