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Gov. Newsom tours the Port of Los Angeles.

California port rule inches closer to reality, stoking fears of delayed exports and lost jobs

10/09/24 7:04 AM By Brad Hooker

The air district regulating the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles is considering a regulation to cap emissions to protect environmental justice communities. It has ignited a broad coalition of farm groups, unions, shippers and other organizations to stand in opposition.

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F3 initiative tackles farmworker upskilling, economic development and agtech

10/09/24 7:03 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Roughly halfway through the four-year funding timeline, the initiative is now rolling out key programs across the Central Valley.

New Cal/OSHA chair signals a less combative approach to agtech issues

10/09/24 7:02 AM By Brad Hooker

Governor Gavin Newsom has reshuffled the chairs in a board that has often served as an impediment to scaling up agtech adoption in California. And the change may be paying off for the industry.

Central Valley congressional candidates debate immigration and water infrastructure

10/09/24 7:01 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

GOP Representative David Valadao previously defeated Democrat and former state Assemblymember Rudy Salas in 2022 by 887 votes.

Cal/OSHA cites labor contractor over Yolo Six case

10/08/24 9:50 AM By Brad Hooker

Cal/OSHA has fined a Dixon-based farm labor contractor for failing to protect employees from heat illness.

Cal/OSHA seeks input on new rules for sliding gates

10/07/24 1:24 PM By Brad Hooker

The governing board for California’s workplace safety regulator is considering new rules on sliding gates to prevent them from falling on workers.

After the Legislature blocked a paraquat ban, Newsom signs a bill to once again study the herbicide

10/02/24 9:51 AM By Brad Hooker

AB 1963 requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to reevaluate paraquat by 2029. Newsom said it falls in line with his plan to eliminate the use of certain pesticides by 2050.

Legislature reluctant to endorse dairy methane in hydrogen production

10/02/24 7:08 AM By Brad Hooker

California lawmakers continue to side with environmental advocates in a push to exclude dairy methane from the production of hydrogen fuel.

Newsom bans octopus farming and sales in California

10/02/24 7:01 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation banning anyone in the state from participating in octopus aquaculture or sale of octopi harvested from aquaculture activities.

California sidesteps FDA to ban some food dyes in school meals

10/02/24 6:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Critics are worried the bill is a legislative overstep circumventing the Food and Drug Administration.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Kip Eideberg, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

This week’s Open Mic guest is Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice-President Government and Industry Relations for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Like the industries they serve, equipment manufacturers are familiar with the cyclical turns in farming, forestry, construction and mining. Eideberg says higher interest rates, a lack of trade agreements and sluggish economies around the globe and in the U.S. are proving challenging for the customers to make capital purchases. Eideberg is hopeful Congress will bring a new farm bill in the Lame Duck session or at least early next year. He says tax policy will also be critical next year as both industry and customers need amended policy on deductions for research as well as depreciation.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 8, 2024: Glickman, Johanns on Trump presidency ag impact

Donald Trump won the presidency and the GOP won control of the Senate this week. Some House race votes are still being tallied.

We sat down with two former agriculture secretaries, Dan Glickman from the Clinton administration and Mike Johanns from the Bush administration, to discuss what could be ahead regarding trade and immigration policy, as well as the possible role of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Trump administration.

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