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California Cattle Challenges & Opportunities: Insights from Rick Roberti
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California Wolves Push Ranchers to the Brink as Heather Hadwick Demands Action
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California Farmers in Focus at Farm Bureau Convention
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AgNet News Hour: California Agriculture, Wine Industry Insights & Trade Talks for 2026
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AgNet News Hour: California Agriculture, Wine Industry Insights & Trade Talks for 2026
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How the Great Depression Transformed American Farmland
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Early American Farmers and the Lost Art of Soil Stewardship
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