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April 3, 2014
Study Shows No Increased Cancer Incidence from Consumption of Conventional Foods
A peer reviewed study conducted by Oxford University and published in the British Journal of Cancer found that there was...
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April 2, 2014
Public Listening Session: Water Transfer Process Streamlining
The staff of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
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April 2, 2014
Storms Allow Temporary Easing of Delta Pumping Restrictions
Source: Pamela Martineau; Association of California Water Agencies The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) approved a temporary easing of pumping...
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April 2, 2014
California Drought Hurts More Than the Ag Industry
Source: Shan Li; Los Angeles Times The California drought could dampen employment growth in coming years and have a ripple effect...
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April 1, 2014
Common Threads Award Recognizes Women in Agriculture
Last Thursday, California State University, Fresno hosted The Common Threads Awards Luncheon. Created to honor women in agriculture, this year’s...
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March 31, 2014
House Members Seek to Update Endangered Species Act
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY), Rep. Randy Neugebauer (TX-19), and Rep. Bill Huizenga...
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March 31, 2014
Is Pongamia the New Citrus?
Source: Sam Brasch; Modern Farmer Citrus greening disease, also known as huanglongbing or HLB, may have Florida’s limes, grapefruit and...
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March 30, 2014
Ag Labor Identifies Solutions for Farmworkers
Housing & transportation recommendations to improve ag labor quality of life and labor force stability Sebastopol, CA – On Tuesday,...
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March 28, 2014
Lawmakers Unite and Urge Administration to Capture Water from Storm
Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressmen Ken Calvert, Jim Costa, Jeff Denham, Kevin McCarthy, Devin Nunes and David Valadao TODAY sent...
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