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Legislature wraps up committees * Ag divided over byproducts * Irrigating with manure has benefits * USDA changes course on Food Boxes

Sustainable Conservation has released a report that bolsters support for a new tool for dairies.

A Senate committee will hear more this week about a cleanup measure that has divided the ag industry.

Policy committees in the Legislature will hold their final hearings of the session this week.

Aid impasse enters new week * Key GOP lawmaker warns against revising farm bill

A new study commissioned finds that more than 300,000 acres of rangeland under conservation easements in the state provide up to $1.4 billion in ecosystem benefits.

A federal judge has dismissed a challenge from the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association to the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule, leaving the rule in effect in that state.

The Bureau of Reclamation has released its environmental impact statement for raising Shasta Dam, increasing storage capacity by 3%.

Farm groups are appealing to the Agriculture Department to relax payment rules and extend the signup deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, citing the lagging pace of payments to farmers.

Staff for the State Water Board laid out a few options Thursday for a new statewide fee structure for discharges from wineries.