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DWR Karla Nemeth said California’s new era of climate extremes calls for messaging focused instead on collaboration.

Farm groups are scrambling to find common ground with an administration and lawmakers pushing for new regulations on pesticides, labor and water.

A new variety of almond that does not rely on bees or an adjacent, different almond tree for pollination is now available.

DPR has expanded the label for Bayer CropScience’s Velum One nematicide and fungicide to include bulb crops and sweet potatoes.

An ag coalition has submitted comments on a proposed statewide system for notifications of pesticide applications.

The department is holding a public workshop on pesticide-treated seeds to inform future regulatory actions.

Ocean Mist Farms has promoted Christopher Drew to president and CEO and Michele Melillo now serves as the vice president of grower support services for Sun World International.

The new leader of USDA's rural development efforts wants to underscore the importance and diversity of farm country in her actions as undersecretary, offering priorities that mirror the Biden White House and Vilsack Department of Agriculture in the process.

The Biden administration’s offer of pandemic assistance to dairy producers, coupled with a return to more normal markets, has helped quiet a battle in the industry over the future of the federal milk pricing system - at least for now.

A House subcommittee on Wednesday will serve as the venue for the third hearing in 10 days aimed at studying the impacts of a lingering drought on California and other western states.