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Gov. Newsom issued an executive order aimed at protecting drinking water wells as the drought deepens. But farm and business groups say it weakens a tool growers have long relied on to survive droughts.

State agencies will face a hard deadline for approving the Bay-Delta Plan, if lawmakers approve a bill progressing through the Legislature.

After falling for the first time during the pandemic, California’s population continued to decline last year, albeit more slowly, as more people moved to more affordable inland areas.

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources is recruiting 16 new extension specialists over the coming year with expertise in issues ranging from agricultural toxicology to the economics of food supply chains.

Mission Produce has selected Timothy Bulow as the company’s next president and COO and Chief Financial Officer Larry Dicke is set to retire from the California Chamber of Commerce.

Cabinet members will be back on Capitol Hill this week, this time in the Senate, where they will face questions as lawmakers and appropriators mull 2023 budgets for the federal agencies.

Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled a budget plan for spending an estimated $68 billion surplus.

While dozens of Democrats have already signed onto Assembly Bill 2183, the measure has nearly identical provisions as one Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed last year after heavy pressure from agriculture and business groups.

State Sen. John Laird is hoping to catalyze more partnerships between ranchers and conservationists to preserve wildlife and support California’s climate goals.