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The water board is considering several complex options to adjust environmental flows from 30-50% based on species needs.

This is the third part of a four-part series examining the promise of cover crops, the potential for them to meet the nation’s environmental goals that rest on their success, and the possible pitfalls facing policymakers.

President Joe Biden plans to personally appeal this week to the key senator holding up the administration’s massive spending package, and the long-awaited nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration gets a hearing in the Senate.

Republican Asm. Heath Flora said farm groups would be wasting their time if they tried to argue against climate change.

Almond farmers looking to invest in new orchards “absolutely have to understand” the new rules coming from GSPs.

The House of Representatives Wednesday easily approved legislation aimed at stopping ocean carrier companies from refusing to load U.S. agricultural and other goods for exports to Asia and around the globe.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation now has an unprecedented $8 billion pot of money for Western water infrastructure, roughly doubling the size of its budget over the next five years.

As farmers begin to embrace more agtech, worker protection laws remain a hurdle, along with developing the workforce needed to operate and maintain complex new machinery.

California growers produced the largest walnut harvest to date in the 2020-2021 crop year. The California Walnut Board (CWB) says the 785,000 tons is an increase of 20% over the 2019 crop.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has filled some more top staff positions which are important to California agriculture.