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California's growing wolf population seen as threat to livestock

01/08/25 7:04 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s year-end estimate of the state wolf population has rounded up to nine packs – an increase from seven at the end of 2023.

Farm Hands West: Castañeda and McShane receive CALF awards, Carranza joins Church Brothers Farms

10/23/24 8:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

Global avocado and fresh produce company Calavo Growers hired Anna Kirsch as director of business development. The California Ag Leadership Foundation honored Carlos Castañeda of San Luis Obispo County and Steve McShane of Monterey County as 2024 Profiles in Leadership Award recipients.

Church Brothers Farms hired Tracy Carranza as vice president of retail sales. Stephen Farmer is the new chief administrative officer for the Westlands Water District. Westfalia Fruit Group tapped Chris Bush as CEO effective Oct. 28.

Opinion: How the Endangered Species Act is failing the West

08/30/23 3:22 PM By Sen. Cynthia Lummis

In this opinion piece, Senator Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., discusses how the Endangered Species Act and its one-size-fits-all policies are ineffective.

NCBA plans to sue FWS over lesser prairie chicken listing

01/25/23 6:07 AM By Lydia Johnson

The Biden Administration and Fish and Wildlife Service are under scrutiny from cattle producers for listing a bird on the Endangered Species Act.

Farm Hands West: Breschini tapped as new director of national sales for Calavo Growers

02/23/22 8:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Gordon Breschini has been tapped as the new director of national sales for the Calavo Fresh team and Heather Stebbings is now the executive director of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association.

Daybreak Oct. 30: USDA ordered to restore wage survey

10/30/20 10:05 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

There are new questions about what farmers will have to pay foreign workers next year under the H-2A program. A federal judge’s ruling has barred USDA from suspending its annual farm wage survey that is used to calculate H-2A wage rates.

Environmental groups sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over refusal to grant endangered species protection to California Spotted Owl

08/18/20 9:46 PM By Noah Wicks

Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday challenging the agency’s decision to deny endangered species protection to California Spotted Owls.

FWS considers reduction in northern spotted owl habitat

08/12/20 9:23 AM By Noah Wicks

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed a 204,653-acre reduction of designated critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in 15 Oregon counties.

Opinion: Now’s your chance

04/04/19 9:18 PM By Bruce I Knight

If you’d like to see changes in conservation practice standards, now’s your chance. Until April 25, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting comments as part of its review of conservation practice standards mandated by the 2018 Farm Bill and designed to improve the standards and increase flexibility.

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02.14.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Feb. 14, 2025: Rep. Dusty Johnson on budget reconciliation, tariffs

House Republicans are moving a budget plan that would slash USDA funding by $230 billion. South Dakota Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson joined Newsmakers to discuss the possible cuts, which will likely come from nutrition assistance.

Then, Jim Richards from Cornerstone Government Affairs explains how SNAP program cuts in budget reconciliation could shape farm bill debate and Nick Levendofsky from the Kansas Farmers Union discusses how mass layoffs at the U.S. Agency for International Development are impacting the distribution of U.S. commodities for food aid.

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