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The Supreme Court will take another shot at deciding the scope of the Clean Water Act, granting a petition to determine whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit "set forth the proper test for determining whether wetlands are 'waters of the United States'" under the CWA.

Ten state lawmakers representing parts of the San Joaquin Valley are urging the Newsom administration to add more long-term infrastructure investment to his budget plan.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has released its new position on a piece of legislation to reform the cattle markets, saying it supports the majority of the legislation but cannot back its effort to mandate cash trade requirements in the beef industry.

The Washington Supreme Court has upheld the state’s $18 million fine against the Grocery Manufacturers Association, now the Consumer Brands Association, for violating campaign finance laws by concealing the identity of member donations to a campaign opposing a 2013 GMO labeling ballot initiative.

DPR will determine if it should allow the registration of imidacloprid to continue for agricultural use.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack assures lawmakers the Biden administration is holding China to account for its failure to fulfill “phase one” trade commitments, but he stopped short of saying what steps the administration would take.

State and federal officials have withdrawn a proposed emergency drought regulation for the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta.

Arguments in a labor union case going back eight years are still reverberating through the hallways of the Legislature.

Sweeping cutbacks in water allocations to farms are leading to widespread underemployment in some of California’s most vulnerable communities.