Farm Bureau News

Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, with their daughters Avery, left, and Julianna, are recipients of the 2025 California Leopold Conservation Award.
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American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, left, joined by moderator Nick Rocca,   spoke about the importance of cultivating leadership at the California Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.
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Under the Trump administration’s proposed rule, wetlands, such as this one near Tulelake, are federally regulated only if they are connected to or indistinguishable from larger bodies of water.
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Andrew Leimgruber, far right, on the family farm in Holtville with his sister Stephanie, father Ronnie and brother Paul.

Proposed map under Prop. 50.
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The Leadership Farm Bureau class visits Eagle Seeds LLC in Weiner, Arkansas, where geneticist and co-owner Joyce Doyle shows the group a research soybean field.
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Jim and Normita Spinetta, right, present a $200,000 check to California Farm Bureau officers Shannon Douglass, center, Shaun Crook and Ron Peterson at the organization’s annual meeting last December. 
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People's Choice 2024
Maddy Nissen

Predator work group formed
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To keep rural roads safe, farmers should use the slow-moving vehicle emblem so their equipment is visible to other drivers.
Ag Alert file photo

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California Farm Bureau First Vice President Shaun Crook talks with Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria, D-Fresno, to advocate on issues affecting farmers and ranchers during legislative visits last year to the state Capitol in Sacramento. 
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The San Diego County Farm Bureau partnered with farmers, chefs and others for the Graze at the Fields event held in Carlsbad. 
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