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Could farmers be forced to get pollution permits? * AFBF concerns an issue for ag labor bill

Feds recover back pay for California farmworkers * The agritourism boom (in some places)

WIIN Act funding for water infrastructure * China offers new hope on trade deal

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a Clean Water Act case with major implications for agriculture, while farm groups who back a bipartisan ag labor bill will be lobbying lawmakers ahead of an expected House committee debate.

Food and Ag Board takes the long view * Mexican official optimistic on USMCA

Union concerns slow USMCA deal * Soil health a key climate fix

A bipartisan farm labor reform bill released Wednesday would expand the H-2A program to year-round workers and provide farms relief on wage rates, while offering legal status to existing agricultural workers who are undocumented.

CDFA is seeking public comment on the inclusion of the Whole Orchard Recycling practice into its Healthy Soils Incentives Program.

Salas discussed SB 1, his role in the Ag Committee and his policy work battling valley fever.

As funding lags for water infrastructure needs and farmers shoulder heavier regulatory burdens, the state is looking to strategic flooding as a solution for all.