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The Environmental Protection Agency is denying three dozen small refineries relief from the requirements of the nation’s biofuel mandate, but is providing other ways for most of the facilities to comply with their 2018 obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard.

A bill proposing to ban nearly all nonagricultural uses of neonicotinoids passed a committee this week.

The Friant Water Authority is upset with the Bureau of Reclamation for releasing water from Friant Dam to supply San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors.

A new analysis shows California is behind on its goal of cutting dairy methane emissions 40% by 2030.

The April megashowers needed to reverse the trend are nowhere in sight, while a high-pressure ridge is set to deliver warmer and drier conditions into the summer.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation announced yesterday it has selected 11 organizations to receive a combined $5 million in Water Efficiency Technical Assistance Funding.

Amrith Gunasekara has joined the California Farm Bureau as the director of science and research of the California Bountiful Foundation.

Farmers and ranchers are increasingly worried about supplies of key inputs for the upcoming growing season, lowering a measure of producer sentiment to the lowest point since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agriculture and forestry could play meaningful roles in reducing greenhouse gas emissions around the world, but lack of financing and know-how remain important barriers, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.