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Senate GOP lawmakers came out in full force on Thursday against a bill calling for more urban water conservation, while moderate Democrats joined in their frustrations over lagging water storage investments.

An Assembly committee has unanimously approved a measure that would provide grants to farmers and ranchers for cleaning up waste from illegal dumping.

Governor Gavin Newsom has made new appointments to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture and the International Fresh Produce Association has selected Tamara Muruetagoiena as the director of sustainability.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon unveil a revised budget proposal that adds more details to a new $22 billion climate package. Yet some agricultural counties and farm groups say a decades-old farmland conservation program could be revived and accomplish some of the same goals.

San Joaquin Valley crops need an additional one million acre-feet of water to stay cool in the heat, according to an upcoming study.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is reaching out to conservation organizations to submit proposals for cooperative agreements that focus on climate-smart agriculture.

Major railroads are under attack by the ag industry, which says lack of personnel is hampering shipments and raising costs for companies forced to rely on secondary freight options.

New York State’s proposal to reduce the overtime threshold for ag workers from 60 to 40 hours per week is meeting resistance from farm employers.

National Environmental Policy Act regulations are gradually returning to their pre-Trump administration form with the Council on Environmental Quality’s publication of a final rule Tuesday.