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The Newsom administration has reached a deal with water contractors to sign a set of voluntary agreements for Bay-Delta flows as an eight-year program.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation is considering new regulations to add for the use of a controversial neonicotinoid to protect drinking water wells from contamination.

A draft plan released shows that many sustainability practices would not fall within the 30x30 framework. But farm and environmental advocates are hoping for many changes to come in the next version.

A bill that would ban new or expanded commercial animal feeding operations has made the California Chamber of Commerce’s list of job-killing proposals in this year’s state legislative session.

Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed six and reappointed six individuals to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture and Deputy Secretary for Climate and Working Lands Virginia Jameson has been tapped to represent the California Department of Food and Agriculture on the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program Technical Advisory Council.

Sustainability and climate-smart agriculture intersected with start-ups and legacy ag and tech firms during the two-day World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco.

President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal 2023 that would boost Agriculture Department spending by 9%, including significant increases for agricultural research and conservation technical assistance and a new round of funding for rural broadband expansion.

CalEPA Secretary Jared Blumenfeld is resisting calls from environmental groups to factor pesticide emissions into the Climate Scoping Plan.

President Joe Biden will release his fiscal 2023 budget on Monday, just six months before the new budget year begins, while Senate leaders search for a way to move a bill aimed at relieving port bottlenecks.

The Senate Ag Committee passed two measures aimed at protecting the state's organic standards and supporting California-grown foods.