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Farm groups are appealing to the Agriculture Department to relax payment rules and extend the signup deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, citing the lagging pace of payments to farmers.

Staff for the State Water Board laid out a few options Thursday for a new statewide fee structure for discharges from wineries.

The State Senate confirmed the reappointment of Carol Baker for the California Water Commission on Thursday.

A proposed regulation could levy a cancer warning on foods containing certain chemicals that are formed through the cooking process.

Central Valley readies for Housing for Harvest * USDA explains slow CFAP payments * Farm bankruptcies slow

CDFA is finalizing its hemp plan to submit to USDA. Ross said she is hopeful this will happen early this month.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross said the Farmers to Families Food Box program may be needed beyond the COVID-19 crisis.

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations rewrite of National Environmental Policy Act regulations says it "upends virtually every aspect of NEPA."

The American Farm Bureau Federation and grower groups, as well as CropLife America, have filed amicus briefs in the 9th Circuit supporting a rehearing of the court’s decision vacating the registration of three dicamba herbicides.

Consumers will no longer find pesticides containing the ingredient carbaryl on store shelves.