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Ag experts and county officials are warning the impacts could extend to smaller operations and support industries while setting California back on its climate goals. Despite the dire economic outlook, animal rights activists maintain that large dairies must close.

Gardner Hatch has been selected as the new executive director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, while the Biotechnology Innovation Organization has laid off 30 employees, including some in senior leadership positions.

Southern producers with cotton, rice and peanut base acreage would see their farm program payments more than double, while growers in other regions would see smaller increases under the GOP farm bill the House Agriculture Committee will consider this week, according to a new analysis.

Republicans are tightening their grip on farm country, holding all but eighteen of the top 100 districts in terms of agricultural sales, according to an Agri-Pulse analysis of newly released data from USDa's 2022 agricultural census.

As dairy and poultry farmers work to limit losses related to avian flu, they are learning the virus can be transmitted in a wide variety of ways.

The California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association has shared “serious concerns” over dramatic decline in its relationship with the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

The Air Resources Board is set to approve next month a sales ban on forklifts powered by propane and other combustion fuels.

The Newsom administration is gaining traction in the Legislature with its proposal to boost the mill assessment. The added revenue would position it to deliver on promises to expedite registrations and evaluations.

The third annual FIRA USA robotics conference will take place in Woodland in October, with growers, startups and venture capitalists talking agtech for speciality crops.