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What a $55B budget problem means for food and ag programs

09/18/24 7:06 AM By Brad Hooker

Lawmakers have cast their final votes on the remaining trailer bills before gaveling the session to a close. Left on the table is nearly all of a $1.1 billion sustainable agriculture package, but few incentive programs are receiving any new funding for the current fiscal year and beyond.

A decade of SGMA: Water and ag leaders weigh in

09/18/24 7:04 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Ten years in, the State Water Resources Control Board is just now having to act on its role as the regulatory backstop for the 2014 law.

CPUC approves timelines to speed up new electrical services

09/18/24 7:01 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

The targets affect Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison.

Newsom looks to sign nation’s first ban on ‘sell by’ dates for food labels

09/18/24 6:05 AM By Brad Hooker

The Legislature has sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill to prohibit “sell by” dates on food packaging to clear up consumer confusion and cut food waste.

AFBF survey: Trump backs higher commodity program supports, Harris stresses aid to small producers

09/12/24 6:34 PM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

Former President Donald Trump, responding to a survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation, is throwing his support behind increasing commodity price supports and other assistance for producers. But Vice President Kamala Harris notes Trump proposed budgets that would have cut some farm programs.

CDC can't determine how Missouri man became infected with bird flu

In California, no sign herds were infected by migrating birds

09/12/24 3:54 PM By Steve Davies

Federal health officials say they haven’t been able to pinpoint how a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu, the 14^th case in the U.S. this year but the first that appears not to involve animal exposure.

EJs publish findings from controversial air monitoring effort

09/12/24 10:40 AM By Brad Hooker

Activists donning backpack air monitors have garnered scorn from farmers claiming they trespassed after pesticide applications. With UC Davis public health researchers, the advocates have published the results.

Deforestation policies could harm California farmers

09/11/24 10:02 AM By Brad Hooker

UC Davis Assistant Professor Mark Agerton and his graduate student studied the issue after six U.S. senators raised concerns over avocado imports in February.

New insurance reforms may be a lifeline for farmers and ranchers saddled with fire risks

09/11/24 7:04 AM By Brad Hooker

The plan reflects a compromise allowing insurance providers to raise premiums in exchange for covering a greater portion of the at-risk properties.

A week of California water talks call for regulatory haste

09/11/24 7:03 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Multiple sessions discussing California’s water management took place over the first week of September, focusing attention on state regulators and pressure points faced by California agriculture.

Open Mic: Claire Babineaux Fontenot

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. Farmers continue to help feed the hungry, but the number of Americans who are hungry and food insecure is greater today than during the Covid pandemic. Babineaux-Fontenot says the food lines may have moved back inside the buildings, but the need for food continues to grow as contributions are down and federal commodity donations have decreased. Babineaux-Fontenot says federal nutrition programs should be amended to avoid food “cliffs” and help individuals transition away from assistance programs.

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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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