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State senators have introduced a bill to establish a water storage and conveyance fund.

DWR is closely watching the burn scar of the 2021 Dixie Fire, the state’s largest single fire in history.

Members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association voted Wednesday to specifically state their opposition to cash trade mandates, adding clarity to an explicit part of a bill being pushed by a bipartisan group of senators on Capitol Hill.

With the state’s ongoing budget surplus, the Newsom administration is looking to revamp California’s program for Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation.

Dairy and cattle groups are pushing back on a measure in the California Legislature that would incentivize plant-based options in school meals.

The Consumer Brands Association has promoted John Hewitt and Justin Warren is the new chief financial officer at Del Rey Avocado.

Anaerobic digesters that take manure and turn it into biomethane for the transportation sector and other industrial uses are a key part of the dairy industry’s strategy to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

California sheep ranchers have filed a complaint against the state for including their workers in the agriculture overtime law that took effect for smaller employers this month.

The Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology is launching a new initiative aimed at increasing the technology used in monitoring and maintaining food safety in specialty crops

The air board has denied a petition by environmental groups to halt certifications for fuels derived from animal biomethane for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard program.