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The Assembly on Tuesday passed SB 86, a measure requiring quarterly reporting on the use of the granular form of chlorpyrifos.

Nearly half of California’s congressional representatives signed a letter yesterday to Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

The Legislature may send a measure to the governor this week that would make it easier for employees to file for workers’ compensation to cover COVID-19 infections.

While farm groups share this goal, the policy being proposed has drawn opposition from a broad coalition of agricultural and business groups.

Rapidly rising almond production coupled with trade wars and COVID-19 impacts have cut prices for farmers nearly in half over the past year and they won’t likely fully recover for at least a couple of seasons, says Roland Fumasi, a senior analyst for Rabobank.

Chris Sayer, a lemon and avocado grower (along with some figs) in Ventura County, California, has been using cover crops in his 50 acres of trees since 2005, with some clear benefits.

One of the nation’s top snack companies plans to exclusively source its almonds from “bee-friendly farmland” across the globe by 2025.

USDA officials are handing out the first series of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants and cooperative agreements. A Woodland, California center is one of the first to receive funding for a project in West Sacramento.

A new study projects that estimated air temperature increases may require shifts in the growing season of cool-season crops and the growing locations of warm-season crops.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has created a centralized portal for wildfire recovery assets as flames rip through the state.