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Proposition 15 will increase costs for irrigation systems, argues the Alliance of California Farmers and Ranchers.

Friant frustrated over veto * New questions about farm wage rates * Senate clears USDA funding

Friant Water Authority CEO Jason Phillips was disappointed with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of Senate Bill 559 on Monday, calling it a missed opportunity for the administration.

The latest data from USDA’s Economic Research Service’s “Fruit and Tree Nut Outlook” provides a snapshot of production and prices, with tree nuts producing record-high supplies in 2020/21 and a spike in orange juice sales as COVID-19 hit the U.S.

Newsom bans rodenticides * Fairs help with fires * Citrus Stride goes virtual * CCC funding set to clear * Crunch time for covid talks

CDFA has activated more fairgrounds to act as animal shelters, evacuation centers and fire camps.

A legal challenge to the national wildlife refuge system’s use of neonicotinoid insecticides and genetically modified crops has been dismissed.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is extending through Oct. 30 the comment period for proposed regulations on four neonicotinoids.

One bill bans second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides statewide, the other adds more reporting for chlorpyrifos.