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After years of drought and extreme heat, the environment is thirsty and sponging up moisture—creating a new adversary in California’s water wars.

CDFA is planning several public forums to gather input and learn about priorities for California food and agriculture in the 2023 Farm Bill.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation opened the application period for the 2023 Alliance and Research Grants cycle, offering $4.65 million in potential funding to accelerate the transition to safer, more sustainable pest management.

The Senate is heading to the August recess and into the fall campaign season with little sign of a deal on farm labor reforms that would expand the H-2A visa program and provide a path to legal status for existing workers.

U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Ryan LeGrand is optimistic about most markets but frustrated over decrees from Mexico and trade decisions in Colombia.

California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross swore in Kayla Ungar and Pace International has hired Julie Smith.

President Joe Biden’s nominee as chief agricultural trade negotiator, Doug McKalip, gets a Senate confirmation hearing this week, and House Democrats will advance a child nutrition reauthorization bill that would expand eligibility for free lunches and increase meal subsidies for schools.

A new PPIC report investigates alternatives to fallowing large swaths of California farmland under SGMA.

Democrats won House passage of a package of fiscal 2023 appropriations bills that includes new funding for conservation technical assistance and rural broadband Thursday as well as substantial spending increases for EPA and the Interior Department.

Farmers are growing frustrated that public workshops on a new pesticide proposal by the Newsom administration have devolved into aggressive shouting and personal attacks.