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US, Mexico keep the pressure on * Farm groups weigh in on climate change

Reactions to latest water war * Prop 12 lawsuit hits a snag

Rail money could go to water projects * December vote eyed for ag labor

The state is taking a new direction with the State Water Project, redeploying the system as a counter measure to any pumping performed by the federally run Central Valley Project.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says negotiations to bring the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to the House floor are ongoing, but procedural steps required once a deal with the Trump administration is secured could push a vote into the new year.

Ag labor bill advances in House * Dems’ USMCA working group on sidelines

A bill to expand the H-2A farm worker visa program and provide legal status to existing agricultural employees is headed to the House floor despite strong opposition from Republicans who derided it as a “massive amnesty” measure.

Wilbur-Ellis acquires Nachurs Alpine Solutions, a specialty liquid chemical manufacturer.

Farmers should be able to receive more technical assistance to help address climate issues as a result of new CDFA grants.

Pulupa discussed the need for balancing reason with science in regulating agriculture, how farmers are environmentalists here and the regulatory challenges farmers are facing today.