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Agencies are bracing for still more painful decisions to come, as they determine how and when California’s remaining storage water should be put to use.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget calls for millions of dollars to support new farmers and ranchers. Specifically, it proposes $10 million for beginning farmer and rancher training and farm management apprenticeship programs, which is a new budget proposal but still less than some farm advocates were hoping.

The Biden administration is assuring lawmakers that it's working to provide short-term emergency relief to the drought-stricken West even as farm groups continue to push for some relaxation of environmental rules that limit access to irrigation water.

Newsom has proposed $100 million in water use efficiency grants. The Senate bumps that to $250 million.

A number of environmental groups voiced opposition to the $60 million proposal.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is working to secure a historic increase in conservation spending as part of a climate and infrastructure package, creating a rift with the panel’s top Republican, who says she is prematurely trying to reshape farm bill programs without GOP input.

In the commotion of racing through thousands of bills this year, some measures were quietly sidelined.

U.S. organic sales topped $60 billion for the first time in 2020 and more than doubled the sales growth rate the industry experienced in 2019, the Organic Trade Association said in a report released Tuesday.

A coalition of agriculture and forestry groups is defending the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Danny Dumas has been elected to serve as the chairman of the United Fresh Board of Directors and Nicole Negowetti has joined the Plant Based Foods Association as the new senior director of policy.