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USDA Launches $35 Million Feral Swine Eradication Program to Protect Farms
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Mexico Tests Find No Cyclospora in Taylor Farms Lettuce Samples
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California Farmers Avoid Mandatory Tractor Replacement Rule in CARB Decision
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California Cattlemen’s President Rick Roberti Sounds the Alarm on Agriculture’s Future
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How Immigrant Farmers Shaped America’s Agricultural Communities
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California Rancher Ryan Schohr Appointed to EPA Agriculture Advisory Committee
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