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Congressional Democrats introduced a sweeping immigration bill backed by President Joe Biden that would require farms to start paying overtime and provide an expedited path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers.

Interest groups have become so hardened in their views about which types of agriculture benefit the environment that the fact that some COVID vaccines have been developed using genetic engineering is unlikely to change minds about the technology’s benefits, an industry advocate says.

A new report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office advises lawmakers to go one step further with Newsom’s overhaul of the mill assessment for pesticide fees.

The Department of Agriculture expects U.S. farm exports to hit a record $157 billion for fiscal 2021, an increase of $21 billion over the year before, as the global economy recovers and China increases its already strong demand for U.S. corn, soybeans and meat.

Industrial Relations Director Katrina Hagen outlined how Cal/OSHA has been reaching out to farmworkers.

Republican Sen. Brian Dahle pressed the Newsom administration about layering a ZEV mandate on top of the state’s existing climate goals.

CDFA Secretary Ross is optimistic the Biden administration will fill California's gaps in incentive funding for dairy methane reduction programs.

California dairy farmers have one clear message for the Newsom administration when it comes to combating climate change.

Emily Rooney, president of the Agricultural Council of California, spoke with Agri-Pulse about an unexpected coalition that helped bring about the 2019 California safe drinking water law and why the issue is important to agriculture.