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Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a statewide system that would notify the public of upcoming pesticide applications through phone alerts.

Representatives of the United States, Mexico and Canada sit down to hash out trade disagreements this week, while President Joe Biden continues discussions with Republicans on an infrastructure package.

A federal appeals court has upheld $25 million in damages awarded to a California man who contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma after decades of exposure to Roundup.

The Coastal Commission has approved Malibu's ban on the use of all pesticides, circumventing a state law that does not otherwise allow local governments to regulate pesticides.

The administration has shifted its stance from reminding stakeholders that projects are generally funded at the local level to now advocating for state and federal spending.

The rapid loss of snowpack is degrading conditions in the Delta at an unprecedented pace, say water officials.

California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, along with several other members of Congress, are urging the president to support California’s controversial animal welfare law.

Washington State will phase in mandatory overtime pay for agricultural workers. Gov. Jay Inslee has signed SB 5172 into law, triggering a multi-year process that will begin in 2022 with time-and-a-half for workers beginning after 55 hours in one week.

With water deliveries slashed, farmers and ranchers are taking emergency measures to prepare for a long, dry year ahead.

Congestion at shipping ports in the West has put a spotlight on existing regulatory hurdles that farmers and other exporters have faced for years.