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Farm Hands West: Firestone Pacific Foods announces new CEO

08/23/23 5:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Firestone Pacific Foods CEO Josh Hinerfeld has announced he is stepping down from the helm and Shawn Campbell has been tapped as the next CEO.

Training the next generation of ag and food workers takes innovative approaches

08/21/23 11:04 AM By Jacqui Fatka

Colleges, companies, farm organizations and others around the country are employing innovative thinking to develop the next generation of ag and food employees. Apprenticeships, workforce training, career development and onboarding employees all offer ways for companies to build their future workforce with the talent needed to meet the growing projected job opportunities in the agricultural sector.

Once pioneers in the sustainable ag movement, California vineyards brace for another complex water quality regulation

08/16/23 7:40 AM By Brad Hooker

Winegrape growers are again making the case for industry to lead sustainability efforts, rather than through a top-down regulatory approach.

Bills to watch as the Legislature hits the final sprint

08/16/23 7:30 AM By Brad Hooker

More than 1,600 bills are still in play and agricultural lobbyists are racing through meetings with legislators to get ahead of critical floor debates. The focus has now shifted from water rights to labor issues.

El Niño poised to once again shape weather in West

08/16/23 7:29 AM By Steve Davies

Abnormally high temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean this summer have increased the chances of storms that could develop into hurricanes this year, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last week in an analysis that also predicted El Nino likely would continue through the winter.

Walnut farmers face pivotal harvest with optimism

08/16/23 7:26 AM By Bill Tomson

Drought, low prices, supply chain disruptions have been plaguing California’s walnut farmers for years and a heat wave during last year’s harvest scorched the state’s groves, but ideal weather so far this year has the sector optimistic that growers are going to see their fortunes change.

California Milk Excelerator building momentum for new innovative dairy products

08/16/23 7:25 AM By Jacqui Fatka

John Talbot, CEO of the California Milk Advisory Board, and Fred Schonenberg, founder of VentureFuel, an innovation advisory firm, happened to be sitting next to each other at a conference when they hatched the idea of creating a "Shark Tank" program to spur the development of new products made from California milk. The Real California Milk Excelerator program was born.

Forest easement program gains support for farm bill inclusion

08/16/23 7:20 AM By Steve Davies

A forest conservation easement program (FCEP) proposed for inclusion in the farm bill is getting support from “a broad coalition of conservation, sportsmen and working forest organizations and companies,” the Land Trust Alliance said Tuesday.

CDFA seeking proposals for manure management, digester research

08/16/23 7:14 AM By Spencer Chase

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is giving interested parties until mid-September to submit proposals for manure management practices that might be considered in an upcoming calculation tool for two state programs.

California congressmen join call for eRIN program

08/16/23 7:10 AM By Spencer Chase

Nine Democratic members of Congress – including four from the California delegation – are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to advance a rule that would allow electric vehicles to be part of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.

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11.22.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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