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California Ag Commissioners Join 300+ Farm Groups Supporting Push for Farm Bill in 2024
Today, the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) joined 303 other organizations representing farmers, livestock and specialty crop producers, lenders, and other essential stakeholders in agricultural communities across the United States to express their strong support for advancing a meaningful farm bill in 2024 that addresses worsening conditions in farm country.
Officials Tour Successful Invasive Pest Programs Working to Protect California Agriculture
Officials Tour Successful Invasive Pest Programs Working to Protect California AgricultureThe 2023 invasive fruit fly outbreak in California was considered the worst of its kind in the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) 100-year history. Despite...
Safe Produce Doesn’t Happen by Accident
Government monitoring data demonstrates effectiveness of California’s pesticide regulatory system Sacramento, CA -- In May the California Department of Pesticide Regulation issued its most recent Pesticide Monitoring Annual Report showing that 97 percent of fresh...
California’s pesticide enforcers say political pressure puts system ‘in peril’
By Brad Hooker, Agri-Pulse After years of friction, county agricultural commissioners warn their relationship with state pesticide regulators has hit a crisis point. Political pressure from the Newsom administration to overhaul the regulatory system has led to an...
Ag commissioners blast Newsom administration over fractured ties
By Brad Hooker, Agri-Pulse The California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association has shared “serious concerns” over a dramatic decline in its relationship with the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Outgoing CACASA President Lisa Herbert on Friday sent...
State Places Ventura County Business License on Probation, Cracking Down on Illegal Pesticide Sales
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation announced today it has reached a settlement agreement with a Ventura County business that was found to have unlawfully sold hazardous pesticides on hundreds of occasions. The agreement puts Fruit Growers...
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