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California sidesteps FDA to ban some food dyes in school meals

10/02/24 6:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Critics are worried the bill is a legislative overstep circumventing the Food and Drug Administration.

California turns to Midwest farmers to ease gas price spikes with E15

10/02/24 6:02 AM By Brad Hooker

A new bill in the Legislature would require the state to adopt an E15 regulation in less than a year, with the goal of reducing gas prices as well as greenhouse gas emissions.

SGMA-related bills get the pen and the bin

09/27/24 9:02 AM By Brad Hooker

Newsom has cast his vote on legislation aimed at leveling the playing field within groundwater conflicts and shaping the San Joaquin Valley’s post-SGMA future.

Newsom approves ban on rat poison, limits on pesticides near schools

09/27/24 8:53 AM By Brad Hooker

The governor signed a ban on first-generation anticoagulant rodenticides but vetoed a separate ban on glyphosate.

California's insurer of last resort is close to imploding

09/26/24 9:55 AM By Brad Hooker

The state narrowly averted a potential insurance catastrophe with the Park Fire, which rapidly grew into California's fourth largest blaze on record.

Water board reacts to criticism over permit delays for groundwater recharge

09/26/24 9:31 AM By Brad Hooker

A deputy director at the board fends off criticism the agency is a black hole for permit applications, calling it wildly inaccurate.

State ratchets up groundwater recharge fees, setting a barrier for Newsom’s water goals, say critics

09/25/24 7:07 AM By Brad Hooker

The State Water Resources Control Board is dramatically raising its fees on groundwater recharge permits, adding more compliance costs and more tension for water districts planning for climate swings.

A four-year push for water reforms ends with a stripped-down bill signed into law

09/25/24 7:04 AM By Brad Hooker

The decision closes a contentious chapter in California's water wars and ends an environmental push to pass aggressive reforms to the water rights systems.

Study: Farm to school incubator program expands market for small growers

09/25/24 7:03 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

For Anna Knight, a citrus farmer based in Redlands, farm to school (F2S) procurement has been an important part of her family’s operation for nearly two decades.

UC Davis partners with USDA to address invasive lanternflies

09/25/24 7:02 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Researchers at UC Davis are developing solutions to protect crops from the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect originating in Asia.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Kip Eideberg, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

This week’s Open Mic guest is Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice-President Government and Industry Relations for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Like the industries they serve, equipment manufacturers are familiar with the cyclical turns in farming, forestry, construction and mining. Eideberg says higher interest rates, a lack of trade agreements and sluggish economies around the globe and in the U.S. are proving challenging for the customers to make capital purchases. Eideberg is hopeful Congress will bring a new farm bill in the Lame Duck session or at least early next year. He says tax policy will also be critical next year as both industry and customers need amended policy on deductions for research as well as depreciation.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 8, 2024: Glickman, Johanns on Trump presidency ag impact

Donald Trump won the presidency and the GOP won control of the Senate this week. Some House race votes are still being tallied.

We sat down with two former agriculture secretaries, Dan Glickman from the Clinton administration and Mike Johanns from the Bush administration, to discuss what could be ahead regarding trade and immigration policy, as well as the possible role of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Trump administration.

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