Brad Hooker

Daybreak West April 11: What keeps Nemeth up at night

04/11/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Rebekah Alvey, Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

The doomsday scenario for irrigators * Reconciliation has long road ahead * Farmworkers may get a break

Daybreak West April 4: Legislature not sold on farm to school costs

04/11/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Chloe Lovejoy, Rebekah Alvey, Lydia Johnson, and Oliver Ward

Farm to school skepticism * Climate bond leaves out rice farmers * Senate tariff pushback * Are tariffs to get deals, or not?

Daybreak West April 10: DPR takes data-driven approach to pesticide blacklist

04/10/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Chloe Lovejoy, Rebekah Alvey, Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

The science behind pesticide politics * What about China? * House Ag leaders unhappy with USDA buyouts

Daybreak West April 9: RFK Jr. founded an enviro group and it is fighting Trump deregulation

04/09/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Chloe Lovejoy, Oliver Ward, Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, and Rebekah Alvey

When RFK Jr. joined the rebel alliance * Tariff talks begin * Where FDA is getting cut

The water board has expanded to fill a federal void — and lawmakers want to extend its reach further

04/09/25 7:06 AM By Brad Hooker

Business and water groups are building a bulwark against a bill to expand the state water board's scope, potentially raising fees and other costs on water users and igniting a wave of lawsuits.

Daybreak West April 8: Trump orders a 25% boost to timber production

04/08/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Chloe Lovejoy, Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

Trump boosts timber harvesting * Emergency US food aid cut * Trump threatens China again

Daybreak West April 7: Agri-Pulse Tomato Challenge kicks off today

04/07/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Tom Dorr, Rebekah Alvey, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

Tomato Challenge returns * CA ‘is not Washington’ * Clean air waivers stay for now * Farm equipment delays expected

Daybreak West April 3: CDFW to reevaluate wolf status

04/03/25 8:30 AM By Chloe Lovejoy, Brad Hooker, Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

Wolves to be reevaluated * Becerra runs for governor * Trumps taps Essayli * Tariffs are here

Daybreak West April 2: CDFA details fights with bird flu, flies and fires

04/02/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Rebekah Alvey, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

CDFA by the numbers * From CARB to lobbyist * Tariff deadline day * Ag chairs to meet on farm bill

California looks to set climate goals for farms and forests

Carbon sequestration targets for natural and working lands could fast track climate progress — at a cost.

04/02/25 7:06 AM By Brad Hooker

California is doubling down on its climate goals by reviving an ambitious but potentially costly proposal on carbon sequestration that has raised alarms among farm groups.

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04.11.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 11, 2025: Rep. Newhouse on tariffs, USDA staff reductions

President Donald Trump this week temporarily paused country-specific reciprocal tariffs while those applied to China increased to 125%. We asked Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., how the move could change the U.S.' ag trading relationship with China and his thoughts on staff reductions at the Agriculture Department.

Then, Tim Lust from the National Sorghum Producers and Ken Barbic with Invariant discuss the tariffs, including how long producers can wait for government payments for market loss.

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