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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
A three-judge panel has ruled that farmers do not have special privilege to water for irrigation use, handing a victory to the Imperial Irrigation District in a long-standing legal battle with farmer Michael Abatti.
Agricultural trade groups are responding with optimism to a much-anticipated report proposing alternatives to the pesticide chlorpyrifos that the Newsom administration released last week.
Senate Republicans are preparing to roll out a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package that will likely include $20 billion in additional funding for USDA to help compensate farmers for pandemic-related losses.
As coronavirus cases rise across the country, ag economists expect producers could face headwinds such as volatility and uncertainty in demand for their products for the remainder of the year and into 2021.
California farmers, food companies and other parts of the farm-to-fork supply chain face a number of vexing environmental challenges, but many have developed innovative new solutions.
Western Growers CEO Dave Puglia, California Fresh Fruit Association trade director Caroline Stringer and others have joined the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee.