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- Aug 19, 2026
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Farmers squeezed between pesticide limits and delayed alternatives (opens the original)
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California farmers are caught between growing pressure to give up older pesticides and years-long waits for replacements, a tension lawmakers repeatedly returned to during a sweeping oversight hearing on the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Farmworker and environmental advocates argued DPR is moving too slowly to control hazardous products, while agricultural and manufacturing representatives warned the state has not given growers the alternatives, technical assistance or financial support ne
Low-water crops for SGMA meet high-cost reality (opens the original)
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A discussion of crops that could help San Joaquin Valley growers adapt to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act quickly broadened into a warning about the financial pressures facing farmers and the local agencies charged with bringing groundwater basins into balance. Panelists at a recent Public Policy Institute of California event said low-water winter forage crops could provide one tool for keeping some land productive as groundwater restrictions tighten. But they stressed that crop shift
Winegrape growers put vineyards on ice (opens the original)
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California winegrape growers facing a brutal market downturn are experimenting with mothballing vineyards — keeping vines alive with minimal labor and inputs while skipping the harvest — as a middle ground between farming at a loss and ripping out vines. University of California Cooperative Extension viticulture adviser Christopher Chen said oversupply, falling consumer demand and soaring production costs have made the current winegrape downturn unusually severe. Interest in mothballing, once vi
Avocados’ daily sex switch comes down to one gene (opens the original)
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Scientists have identified the genetic mechanism behind avocados’ unusual habit of switching between female and male flowering phases, a discovery that could help breeders develop new varieties years faster. Research led by the University of California, Davis, found that a variation in a single gene determines whether an avocado tree follows an A- or B-type flowering schedule. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, helps explain a reproductive rhythm avocado
CAFB secures win with PG&E transmission line construction (opens the original)
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California farm advocates have secured new communication requirements for a major PG&E transmission project cutting through agricultural land around Lodi, a provision they hope could become a model for other powerline projects across the state. The California Public Utilities Commission this month approved PG&E’s Northern San Joaquin 230-Kilovolt Transmission Project and directed the utility to implement an agricultural community communication plan developed with the California Farm Bureau. The
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