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Blake Zante has been named as the new executive director of The Kenneth L. Maddy Institute and Robin Vercruse has been named the executive director of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition.

Farmers and ranchers would like to see increased crop insurance subsidies and commodity price supports in the new farm bill, and a strong majority support cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to an exclusive Agri-Pulse producer poll.

Rivas directed Asm. Reyes to pull the contentious bill ahead of the hearing.

Gov. Newsom unveiled his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, with plans to cut some programs, delay others, lean on a climate bond and dip into reserves to balance the budget.

A progressive Democrat often at odds with agriculture is looking to ease the burden SGMA imposes on wetlands and disadvantaged communities.

The Newsom administration is developing a system to alert residents ahead of pesticide applications throughout the state and hopes to launch the program later this year.

Snowpack conditions are among the lowest levels ever recorded at many measuring stations in the Natural Resources Conservation Service Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) Network.

The Organic Trade Association has named Matthew Dillon as the group's co-CEO.

The California Air Resources Board’s proposal to eliminate jet fuel’s existing exemption from regulation under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard is being criticized, for very different reasons, by both the airline industry and SAF proponents.