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USDA has rolled out a plan to test the nation’s milk supply for avian flu, which has swept through a large portion of the nation’s dairy herd since March.

The September cancellation of an expansion project for Los Vaqueros Reservoir cost the state $24 million in Prop. 1 water bond money.

California’s statewide water systems account for $365 million of the new $899 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment in aging water delivery systems across the West.

A study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that supplementing beef cattle with a seaweed pellet can safely reduce methane emissions by 40%.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that for the first time in 60 years the threatened coho salmon returned to the Upper Klamath River Basin.

The Westlands Water District board certified the election for five members to its board of directors. Ryan Ferguson, a farmer for 20 years and the 2021-2022 board president, rejoined the board as a newly elected member. Four other individuals were reelected including: William Bourdeau, founder and CEO of Bourdeau Farms based in Coalinga; Jeff Fortune, a second generation Westlands farmer; Frank Coelho, a board member since 1991 and third generation Five Points region farmer; and Jim Anderson, a fifth-generation Westlands Water District farmer. 

The European Union is preparing a list of American goods to hit with retaliatory tariffs after the U.S failed to comply with a World Trade Organization dispute panel regarding its tariffs on olives from Spain -- a case that puts the WTO at odds with U.S. law and the ways the country protects its agriculture producers. 

Democratic challenger Adam Gray has defeated Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., in the final House race of 2024.