A draft order released by the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board would require some Gualala River landowners to assess private roads at significant cost. California Farm Bureau is preparing comments opposing the order as written. Comments are due Aug. 21.
A Senate budget hearing examined remaining climate funds. California Farm Bureau urged lawmakers to prioritize agricultural programs supporting cleaner equipment, food processing and livestock methane reduction.
Assembly Bill 2075 would update fire equipment requirements for machinery operating on forest, brush and grass-covered lands. California Farm Bureau helped secure separate, scaled requirements for rangeland operations.
On June 15, the California State Water Resources Control Board released the revised draft dairy order for the Central Valley designed to protect groundwater from nitrate contamination caused by dairy manure.
California Farm Bureau joined more than 450 agricultural organizations urging Congress to support the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act, which would expand and streamline the H-2A temporary agricultural workers program while providing experienced farm employees an opportunity to obtain legal work status.
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