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Two bills successfully navigating through the Legislature are proposing drastic cuts to the production of these products.

A lingering downturn in farm profits is starting to show up on the balance sheets of ag organizations, but drops in salaries for the leaders of those groups are exceedingly rare.

White House officials are telling the U.S. ag sector that they are going to win big in the miniature trade pact announced on Aug. 25 after Presidents Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of the annual G7 summit, but details are either not being divulged or haven’t yet been nailed down, government and industry sources tell Agri-Pulse.

Broad environmental and labor bills advance * Bill to fix Friant-Kern Canal held * Grants for chlorpyrifos alternatives * Steyer’s test ranch in California * SB 1 now affects wetlands * Newsom signs ban on fur trapping * California ag exports rise

A draft environmental justice plan proposes big changes for the small San Joaquin Valley city of Shafter.

Flora shares insights on the policy battle behind the state’s ag equipment upgrade program and the threat the gig economy bill poses.

Global CO2 levels are increasing to levels that could mean less nitrogen, and fewer nutrients for cattle on rangelands. But Agricultural Research Service staff are finding potential solutions.

The California office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service is investing in innovative conservation technologies.