{"id":135963,"date":"2026-01-16T09:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135963\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:09:09","slug":"california-storms-bring-snow-and-water-relief-and-end-of-farm-bill-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135963\/","title":{"rendered":"California Storms Bring Snow and Water Relief and End of Farm Bill Era"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia Storms Bring Snow and Water Relief and End of Farm Bill Era<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Bob
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom the Ag Information Network, I\u2019m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.<\/p>\n

**After a dry start to December, a series of storms brought rain and snow to much of California, deepening the mountain snowpack and bolstering water supplies. <\/p>\n

The statewide snowpack is now 71% of average.<\/p>\n

According to a California Department of Water Resources hydrometerologist, dry conditions and warmer temps delayed our snow-building season, but the return of storm activity helped build a solid base for snowpack.<\/p>\n

**Ag policy analysts say 2026 could mark the end of the traditional five-year U.S. farm bill era. <\/p>\n

The most recent farm bill expired in 2023 and Congress has extended them annually since. <\/p>\n

Experts say shifting political priorities and partisan divides have complicated efforts to craft a broad farm policy package that addresses commodity supports, conservation, nutrition and rural development. <\/p>\n

**The USDA published the 2024 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, which showed more than 99% of the samples tested had pesticide residues below benchmark levels established by the EPA. <\/p>\n

In 2024, tests were conducted on over 9,800 samples from 19 commodities of fresh and processed fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish. <\/p>\n

The data also provides regulators, farmers, processors, and others with important insights into the actual levels of pesticide residues found in widely consumed foods. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California Storms Bring Snow and Water Relief and End of Farm Bill Era From the Ag Information Network,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17175,2975,69300,44903,27947,69301,42053,4937,69305,69306,3653,69299,69298,7,9,8,1279,24105,19454,6223,4818,10665,24747,47641,69307,66,37421,5409,62,69303,6196,271,36221,4104,1383,25823,69304,69302,3305,646,72],"class_list":["post-135963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-17175","tag-2975","tag-69300","tag-44903","tag-ag","tag-analysts","tag-annual","tag-average","tag-below","tag-benchmark","tag-bill","tag-bolstered","tag-bring","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-data","tag-december","tag-dry","tag-end","tag-epa","tag-era","tag-farm","tag-five","tag-levels","tag-mountain","tag-pesticide","tag-policy","tag-rain","tag-samples","tag-set","tag-snow","tag-snowpack","tag-storms","tag-summary","tag-supply","tag-tested","tag-traditiona","tag-usda","tag-water","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}