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Two new officials will begin their roles at USDA on Monday and will bring a wide array of experience working in farm and natural resources policy with Latino and Native American individuals. 

A controversial measure requiring ag employers to notify H-2A guestworkers of their labor and housing protections and pay for travel time has returned after a veto last year.

Looking to Gov. Newsom’s initial budget proposal for the coming year, State Water Board staff met with stakeholders Thursday to offer an early outlook for fees.

Congressional Democrats introduced a sweeping immigration bill backed by President Joe Biden that would require farms to start paying overtime and provide an expedited path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers.

Interest groups have become so hardened in their views about which types of agriculture benefit the environment that the fact that some COVID vaccines have been developed using genetic engineering is unlikely to change minds about the technology’s benefits, an industry advocate says.

A new report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office advises lawmakers to go one step further with Newsom’s overhaul of the mill assessment for pesticide fees.

The Department of Agriculture expects U.S. farm exports to hit a record $157 billion for fiscal 2021, an increase of $21 billion over the year before, as the global economy recovers and China increases its already strong demand for U.S. corn, soybeans and meat.

Industrial Relations Director Katrina Hagen outlined how Cal/OSHA has been reaching out to farmworkers.

Republican Sen. Brian Dahle pressed the Newsom administration about layering a ZEV mandate on top of the state’s existing climate goals.