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CalEPA boosts spending by 75%, as other states trim budgets * Citrus industry shares grievances with Trump administration * Hits keep coming for Bayer on herbicides

DPR to reduce 1,3-D emissions by 60% in Shafter * DPR advisors debate meaning of IPM and role of state funding for alternatives * SacBee leaps into labeling debate

CDFA board identifies a new threat to wine grapes * Candidates set for grilling on broadband, infrastructure plans * USDA sued for farm loan data

EPA taps Busterud as Region 9 administrator and Mission Produce gains a new COO.

Most of the top Democratic presidential candidates pitch a broad, generous public option for health care and other paths to cheaper, affordable care against Trump’s efforts to repeal Obamacare.

The Farm Service Agency needs to provide clear guidance to producers trying to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program and re-examine its reductions in incentive payments, which are likely to discourage producers from signing up for the popular program.

Senators want better US access to UK rice market * USDA pulls FAS officials out of China * Few clues in USDA report on trade impact

Proposed insurance cuts are ‘inexplicable’ * Budget boosts sustainable ag research

Sen. Shannon Grove considers herself blessed to be representing a district with the second largest agricultural producing county in the world.