Policy & Regulations
The rule applies to diesel vehicles that weigh at least 14,000 pounds. It's estimated that at the close of 2022, around 70,000 big rigs, or roughly 10% of the state’s commercial trucks, were not in compliance.
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U.S. Congress passed the 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which included provisions for NPF-supported research, NASS reports and disaster assistance.
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Funding has been awarded to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations, including those for almond, walnut, pistachio and pecan.
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Jamie Johansson, California Farm Bureau president, insists California’s agricultural producers can do more than just survive — if only state policymakers reject their prevailing mindset and embrace one that is geared toward abundance.
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USDA is requesting all written public comments to be received by Jan. 17 regarding a "pecans received" handler form.
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Costs are high, water is scarce, and prices to growers are low. With the economics of tree crops the toughest they've been in decades, is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
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Global food security depends upon the ability of farmers and producers worldwide to increase their productivity, while strengthening their climate resilience and minimizing their climate impacts.
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Farmers from California's Central Valley received zero federal water deliveries, and severely reduced state allocations. Now hit with groundwater pumping fines, farmers took to the Capitol to protest.
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