Items Tagged with 'california farm bureau'

Agriculture is pushing back on a semi-permanent COVID-19 rule for workplaces, arguing the proposal is not based on accurate data and fails to account for new advancements in addressing the pandemic.

Bills on card check, climate change and well permitting have captured the attention of agricultural organizations as debates heat up in the final week of session for the California Legislature.

The calculation for releasing environmental flows has become the fulcrum that dictates the most critical water policy decisions going forward.

Environmental groups are pushing the state water board to increase freshwater flows by trimming out senior rights holders through an emergency regulation.

Farm lobbyists are looking ahead to the next year as water battles escalate with the drought and groundwater sustainability plans.

Speaking at California Farm Bureau's annual meeting, President Jamie Johansson called for giving farmers and ranchers more predictability and tools that enable efficient food production as a way to ensure their sustainability and that consumers have a reliable food supply.

The Senate has passed a measure to allow a vote-by-mail option for farmworker union elections. Opponents argue it erodes principles fought for by labor icon Cesar Chavez.

The state water board has approved an emergency regulation enabling the agency to curtail senior water rights along two key watersheds in Northern California.

The California Pollinator Coalition is broadening its collaboration between agriculture and conservation groups to improve the health, diversity and number of pollinators on working lands.

Major farm states are likely to lose influence in the U.S. House because of population shifts that are expected to result in lost seats across the Midwest as well as in Pennsylvania and New York.