Farmers, be prepared to protect your workers for this early heat wave. Water, shade, rest breaks, and heat illness prevention training. Keep your people safe! Call AgSafe for resources.

Register Now >> agri-pulse.com/2025-West-Summ… Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce that Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Aubrey J.D. Bettencourt will be the luncheon keynote speaker at our annual Food & Ag Issues Summit in Sacramento on June 10. “We are delighted to have

Looking forward to the big policy event of the year when it's all CA food & ag all day! We've got CDFA Sec Ross Karen Ross Calif Food and Ag & Natural Resources Sec Crowfoot Wade Crowfoot, along with Senate Ag Chair Melissa Hurtado & Sen Monique Limón Senator Monique Limón + Aubrey Bettencourt

Here we go! California increasing taxes and raising the cost of living. This really hits our farmworkers who have long commutes to work on farms. Working people who can least afford it.

Central California coast nearing peak clout

Thanks to Dan Walters & California Farm Bureau's AgAlert for covering our panel at our Food & Ag Issues Summit earlier this month! Reporting on industry costs for the last six years, I've never heard so much concern about hitting a potential tipping point. calmatters.org/commentary/202…

ICYMI: Last week's write-up on the latest policy hurdles hitting CA ag associations Special thanks to Natalie Collins CA Winegrape Growers, Roger Isom Roger Isom, Alexi Rodriguez Almond Alliance, Dave Puglia Western Growers & Shannon Douglass California Farm Bureau agri-pulse.com/articles/23077…

Had a great (and sprawling) chat at our summit on the affordability crisis, the latest Delta tunnel debates, wildfire bills & what's the best wine country — North Coast or Central Coast ...thanks to Sens. Senator Monique Limón and Christopher Cabaldon! agri-pulse.com/articles/23072…

Asm. Damon Connolly says this audit will inform DPR's next ask for upping the pesticide sales tax. But the pesticide regulator says it has no such plans in the works and is focused on the current four-year phase-in of a big boost to the mill assessment agri-pulse.com/articles/23102…

If there was automation to replace people, farmers would already be using it. If Americans wanted these jobs, they would already be working in them. If Americans want their food grown in the US, they need to support American farmers. JMHO

Today, California Farm Bureau Director of Policy Advocacy Steven Fenaroli testified before the Assembly Committee to support #AB518. This bill would help farmers and ranchers diversify their income through low-impact agrotourism opportunities #AdvocacyInAction #PolicyMatters

USDA closes Southwest Regional Food Business Center agri-pulse.com/articles/23255…

Overwhelmed by the campsite competition? #CALeg is hoping to boost agritourism by cutting the red tape for on-farm camping, with a lobbying push from Hipcamp agri-pulse.com/articles/23251…

AB 518 would let counties permit low-impact campsites on private ag land without state oversight #CALeg #camping #agriculture #farmland #farmers #farmpolicy agri-pulse.com/articles/23251…

You cannot govern California without understanding it, and that means years of listening and learning here in our state. I loved touring the new Valley Natural Beverages milk processing plant in Bakersfield. Owned by nearly 300 dairy families, this facility has created almost

A possible special election, possible new congressional lines… now a wide open Governor’s race. Hold on politicos, it’s about to get hot in California.

Farmers are pushing to increase penalties on hedge funds buying up land and abandoning farms, after a massive rat infestation last year Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo agri-pulse.com/articles/23281…

The year of uncertainty continues for water contractors, with a bill to Trump-proof ESA listings. It comes as a large water infrastructure buildout is taking shape in state and federal policy arenas SWC ACWA agri-pulse.com/articles/23286…

The new EPA head for the sprawling western branch says CA should take pride in how far it's come in cutting emissions and chastised CARB for the financial impacts of its climate mandates agri-pulse.com/articles/23316…

As the nation focuses on Brazil tariffs, CA officials and farm leaders visited the country last week to partner on climate-smart ag and learn about fast-tracking biologicals as pesticide alternatives agri-pulse.com/articles/23311…