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Several board members agreed with environmental interests on accelerating the timeline beyond the staff proposal and lowering the threshold to incorporate many small businesses.

A controversial water quality regulation is levying a disproportionate burden on California’s smallest growers, who are often low-income and non-English speakers, according to advocates. Yet, others push for an even faster adoption timeline.

Mission Produce has hired Cheryl Hoefs as senior vice president of sales and marketing, Jennifer Sanchez has been selected to serve as the first director of planning and data integrity at Church Brothers, and Syngenta announces job changes plus retirements.

A West Coast port is set to receive $25.5 million to fund an expansion that will include streamlined shipping for agricultural products.

A measurement of the sentiment in farm country dropped for the second straight month as concerns about slipping prices emerge among the already-potent worries about the input costs producers will face in 2023.

The FIRA USA robotics connected innovators with farmers to find new approaches for designing and marketing the next generation of tech for specialty crops.

CARB is considering yet another regulation on converting vehicles to zero-emission engines. But ag and trucking groups are raising alarms over costs, lagging technology and inadequate charging infrastructure.

Mark Munger has been hired as the senior director of marketing for Ocean Mist Farms and Ken Melban has been elevated to vice president of industry affairs and operations at the California Avocado Commission.

USDA-FNS authorized $3 million to Auburn University’s Hunger Solutions Institute to work with six retailers in Alabama, California, Georgia and South Dakota to implement at 116 locations its Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects to encourage increased consumption of healthy dairy products.

USDA is awarding $64 million to 185 grants through its Local Agriculture Market Program’s Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Programs and Regional Food System Partnerships to expand the availability of locally grown agricultural products and expand regional food systems.