Karen Ross

If it's Hannah Johnson, if it's Shannon Douglas, we both love... whoever it is needs to be do a better job than our previous one.

I think the last one, Karen Ross, she needed to be out more and promote farming and we didn't see her enough.

And I think the next one needs to be get out there and have a great relationship with Brooke Rollins and the, and the ag secretary from the USDA.

So it's got to bond together.

I don't know if that'll happen, but it'd be nice.

Yeah.

And I would like to see somebody in that role that has just more of a connection with farming because, yeah, I just didn't see Karen Ross out much and really didn't see that she really understood farming and what farmers are going through across the state.

Yeah, we know if it's Steve Hilton, he's going to support farming.

The commodities will be distributed to charitable organizations and nutrition assistance programs.

Also, outgoing California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross will speak at the Almond Conference during the State of the Industry session at a keynote lunch.

The conference will be held between December 8th and 10th in Sacramento.

USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed a detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus at a dairy in Well County, Colorado, that according to the State Department of Agriculture, this was the first HPAI detection at a Colorado dairy since August of 2024.

According to CDFA, the board will discuss developing a statewide definition of a small farm, And that matters because farm classifications can influence which producers are targeted for certain grants, assistance programs, and other resources.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross says small farms do make up the majority of California's farms, but the federal classification may not adequately reflect operations supplying schools, farmers markets, and local food systems.

The November 3rd meeting is open to the public in Sacramento and available via Zoom.

You can find details at cdfa.ca.gov. You've been listening to California Ag Today on the Western Ag Network.

I'm really thankful to your partnership to get actually working lands as part of this.

So in 2022, we took you, Secretary Karen Ross from the Department of Food and Agriculture, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, and others out on a tour of the Spring Valley Ranch in Colusa County.

And we had a little lunch before we embarked on the tour.

And I mentioned in my comments that working lands like the Spring Valley Ranch would not be considered conserved under the platform as it was drafted.

I haven't heard any politicians talking about the Super El Nino, how we can be prepared.

Where's our Ag Secretary, Karen Ross? We don't have anything.

Yeah, we need to, like you said, there's stuff we can do now and we need to be doing it.

This isn't like, oh, we need to build a whole nother reservoir right away.

These investments also help build a more climate resilient and equitable future for all Californians.

Well, that's the word of CDFA Secretary Karen Ross.

Well, that's Daybreak.

For this Thursday, October 22nd, for the latest news out of Washington, D.C., visit AgriPulse.com. For AgriPulse Daybreak West, I'm John Dowling.