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Supporters of Proposition 12 say states could lose the ability to regulate sales of products based on climate impacts and other concerns, if the Supreme Court strikes down the California law that prescribes sow-housing standards for pork sold in the state.

The Bureau of Reclamation has reached out to agriculture interests in the West as the agency considers how to spend the $4 billion earmarked in the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act for bolstering water-saving efforts in the Colorado River Basin and other drought-stricken areas.

With just 350 cows, and a couple dozen hogs and sheep, Tom Richards and his family ranch are struggling to compete with larger companies and major beef cattle states.

Grapegrowers and winemakers are beginning to invest in new grape varieties that promise resistance to Pierce’s disease.

The California Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are trying to head off passage of a bill that would set up an agency to set labor standards for quick-service cafes and restaurants.

The recently enacted climate law could provide $745 billion to $1.9 trillion in benefits to the nation through 2050 from the reduced  impacts of climate change, according to an analysis by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Dole Fresh Vegetables has brought on Kim St George as the new vice president of sales for the company's western region and Brett Champlin has been promoted to vice president of harvest for Tanimura Antle.

A California superior court judge has ordered CDFA to suspend a program for controlling invasive pests and diseases.

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that Colorado River water shortages had passed a threshold that will require unprecedented water cuts in Arizona and Nevada, but a multi-state consensus on future cuts remains elusive.

The Legislature could set stronger protections for farmworkers during extreme heat along with new PPE requirements when wildfire smoke blows into the valley, as climate change looks to intensify these natural disasters.