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A bill in the Assembly that would encourage farmers to provide forage and habitat for pollinators through incentives grants is facing a key vote in the Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.

As restaurants reopen and other pandemic restrictions continue to ease, food producers are watching to see how consumers' buying and dining habits will change. For fishermen, too, questions loom about demand, especially for higher-end products such as Dungeness crab.

Ahead of what could be another severe wildlife season, a new tool uses air quality and atmospheric data to give farmers up-to-the-minute information about crop risk.

President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jennifer Moffitt to be the next Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at the Department of Agriculture and Ryan Ferguson has been elected to serve as the president of the Westlands Water District Board of Directors.

President Joe Biden wants to impose capital gains taxes on inherited assets, with promised protections for farms and other family-owned businesses that continue in operation. The change would help pay for a $1.8 trillion package of social benefits, including expanded child nutrition assistance, health insurance subsidies and free community college.

Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow says that President Joe Biden’s $2.7 trillion infrastructure plan is “woefully inadequate” when it comes to funding for climate-friendly farming practices and that she's pushing for a major increase in funding for conservation programs.

The Department of Agriculture says it will extend Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for more than 30 million children to help students who may be missing the nutrition from school meals.

The Environmental Protection Agency will take comment on whether it should uphold the Trump administration's action to limit California’s ability to impose its own vehicle emissions standards.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Jenny Lester Moffitt, a California ag official and organic walnut farmer, to a position that would put her in charge of administering the Agriculture Department's marketing and animal and plant health efforts.