A policy paper by board director Andy Bater asks lawmakers for a temporary moratorium while the state studies how data centres, and the power lines that feed them, affect farms and small communities.
IslamGovernor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2017, 'State holidays: Eid', on 27 September; both Eids are recognised by the Islamic lunar calendar, and closing schools is optional.
CropsThe second edition of Cover Crops: Improving Soil Health, Stewardship and Profitability on the Farm adds new chapters and the experience of 12 farmers, and can be read free online.
AgribusinessAbout 900 employees have returned to Deere's Iowa and Illinois plants since January, but several hundred remain laid off and the UAW has rejected a contract extension.
FruitsPlantings from a decade ago are reaching full production; a USDA outlook puts the US crop 18% above the 2025 record, while Turkish frost damage has lifted exports and prices.
AgribusinessA University of Illinois analysis of AFIDA records finds foreign interests in about 46.3 million acres, 89% of it commercial forestland, with Chinese-linked holdings a small share.
AgribusinessEvery dollar of US agricultural exports supported $2.08 of total economic activity in 2024, the USDA Economic Research Service estimates, with processed goods adding the most.
OrganicAt the Chico State University Farm, finished compost is agitated in aerated water and the extract is sent through drip irrigation to support soil fungi and bacteria.
LivestockHydrogen sulfide can spike during agitation and numb the sense of smell; Iowa's applicator training has lifted use of gas detectors from under 0.1% in 2018 to 7.2% in 2024.
LivestockThe finding could help explain why females mate only once and may one day improve the sterile-fly technique used to fight the livestock pest, now back in Mexico and Texas.
HealthThe United States has set a zero tariff on certain rare-disease, fertility, cell and gene therapy, antibody-drug conjugate and veterinary medicines, and their ingredients, from 20 partners including Bangladesh and India.
AgrotechThe Kansas firm has 82 robots cutting weeds mechanically in 16 states and seeks up to $18.6 million through a Regulation A+ offering to scale production with Amity Technology.
AgrotechElement Gen 2 X4 uses edge AI to steer four arms to weeds in and between rows and records weed density on every pass; Aigen has built more than 100 robots.
