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The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation announced yesterday it has selected 11 organizations to receive a combined $5 million in Water Efficiency Technical Assistance Funding.

Amrith Gunasekara has joined the California Farm Bureau as the director of science and research of the California Bountiful Foundation.

Farmers and ranchers are increasingly worried about supplies of key inputs for the upcoming growing season, lowering a measure of producer sentiment to the lowest point since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agriculture and forestry could play meaningful roles in reducing greenhouse gas emissions around the world, but lack of financing and know-how remain important barriers, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

CVS is taking steps to reduce the use of pesticides that could be harmful to pollinators.

Several Democratic lawmakers gathered at a United Farm Workers rally at the Capitol to support a measure on vote-by-mail elections.

Senate Democrats are seeking quick confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court this week, while U.S. agriculture and other export-minded sectors are watching what the House does with the Senate-passed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which is intended to ease port bottlenecks.

More money is on the way for producers who had previously filed for assistance through Department of Agriculture programs to help feed their livestock after suffering through inclement weather in 2021.

A bill intended to alleviate port blockages and open the door to a crackdown on ocean carriers passes the Senate by unanimous consent on Thursday, a sign of the priority lawmakers are putting on addressing supply chain disruptions that have plagued agriculture and other sectors. 

U.S. farmers facing soaring prices for fertilizer and other inputs plan to reduce corn plantings by 3.9 million acres this year and seed a record 91 million acres of soybeans, according to USDA’s annual planting intentions survey.