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State emergency offices have activated fairgrounds several counties to serve as evacuation centers for people and livestock from the wildfires.

More than half of farmers who seeded their cash crop into a growing cover crop last year — a practice known as “planting green” — said it helped them plant earlier than they could in fields that didn't have cover crops, according to an annual survey.

Friant bill returns from the dead * Rice farmers look to Iraq

Senate Bill 559 has returned from the dead a year later and just before the close of session.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross made a pitch for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Tuesday evening during a private industry event on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention.

Several democratic senators and representatives from California introduced a bill that would create an airborne snow observatory and measurement program within the Department of the Interior.

Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday challenging the agency’s decision to deny endangered species protection to California Spotted Owls.

The response from a CDFA economic analysis as well as trade groups has been that these cutbacks could be devastating for citrus, winegrape and cotton growers.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture wants public input on program priorities for the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

The National Honey Board and Project Apis M. announced that they have created a “Bee Health Collective” website after collaborating with several industry organizations.