California Ag Today

The California Farm Bureau reports that farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are welcoming a 35% water allocation from the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) but say the timing limits its impact.

New this year, late fees are now being assessed for delinquency.

“On X, the Treasury Department announced that they will not require any domestic company or its beneficial owners to file their information with the federal government," says Dustin Sherer of the American Farm Bureau.

Dr. Molly Lee will provide a new tool kit for biosecurity managers that builds on the Secure Beef Supply plan and producers will provide personal experiences on developing and implementing biosecurity plans on their cattle operations.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm to Fork has announced a $750,000 grant award to support the expansion of the California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP).

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) has introduced SB 628 to create a tax credit that would help agricultural employers offset the additional costs of overtime wages.

Ray Starling, former special assistant to President Trump, will speak at the Citrus Showcase in Visalia on Wednesday, March 12.

New findings from a 2025 national survey reveal that U.S. consumers are discarding food near or past the printed date even more frequently than in 2016.

As of January 1, the U.S. cattle herd was tallied at 86.7 million head, the lowest since 1951. Do we panic? Well…it is definitely something to consider – the herd size, not the induced panic – but there is something else at play. The beef supply hasn’t seen as steep of a drop off.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins unveiled a $1 billion strategy on February 26, 2025, aimed at curbing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protecting the poultry industry, and lowering egg prices.