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The document is light on details but would approve several of Newsom’s proposals related to ag, including a dramatic increase and more EJ cost shifts to the pesticide sales tax.

Both houses approved resolutions to present to CDFA Secretary Karen Ross at the Capitol’s Ag Day festivities.

A federal council for managing fisheries on Wednesday unveiled three options for limiting fishing to protect salmon this year.

The state water board is proposing to expand its size and to take on federal duties vacated after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limited the Clean Water Act.

While ports and transportation are the priority for new hydrogen funds, officials say California agriculture can also benefit.

Salinas-based Taylor Farms has committed $2 million to a new plant science building at Cal Poly’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.

Governor Gavin Newsom has tapped the Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth to serve as adviser on the Administration’s water priorities and made other appointments to support the change.

National Farmers Union delegates this week debated a wide variety of policy reforms, including whether or not eligibility for commodity programs, crop and livestock insurance should be limited to small and mid-size farming operations.

The state of America’s citrus industry is a tale of two coasts. Florida’s industry continues to reel from a devastating disease infestation and multiple hurricanes, and California has taken over as No. 1 in U.S. citrus production.