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The Environmental Protection Agency has released a strategy for attacking contamination from PFAS, a group of more than 9,000 compounds that have been dubbed “forever chemicals” for their ability to persist in water, soil and tissue without breaking down.

Hundreds of dairies in the Central Valley are racing toward a March 2021 deadline to complete plans for managing nitrate runoff and providing safe drinking water.

The State Water Resources Control Board has eased restrictions on a conservation practice the administration has strongly encouraged for dairy farmers.

Workshops focus on new ag order that threatens lettuce production * Policy wonks to discuss valley’s top issues at Kern County Water Summit today

A costly new regulation has farmers worried year-round production on the Central Coast will be reduced to just one season.

The beef packer and processing company, one of the valley’s largest employers, reached a settlement this week with the EPA.