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A fish plan gets past ‘warring science’ * These growers benefit as Americans eat in * Bar on GMO seed labeling challenged

The State Food and Ag Board will discuss the Sacramento River Science Partnership in its monthly meeting on Tuesday.

Activists arrested at Capitol * Some optimism, Trump push on COVID deal * Lettuce growers hit by Canada action

Prop. 15 raising water costs? * UC gets hempcrete grant * Aid talks continue * Harris pushes worker heat standards

Proposition 15 will increase costs for irrigation systems, argues the Alliance of California Farmers and Ranchers.

Friant frustrated over veto * New questions about farm wage rates * Senate clears USDA funding

Friant Water Authority CEO Jason Phillips was disappointed with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of Senate Bill 559 on Monday, calling it a missed opportunity for the administration.

The latest data from USDA’s Economic Research Service’s “Fruit and Tree Nut Outlook” provides a snapshot of production and prices, with tree nuts producing record-high supplies in 2020/21 and a spike in orange juice sales as COVID-19 hit the U.S.

Newsom bans rodenticides * Fairs help with fires * Citrus Stride goes virtual * CCC funding set to clear * Crunch time for covid talks

CDFA has activated more fairgrounds to act as animal shelters, evacuation centers and fire camps.