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As new laws take effect for Californians this year, one rule affecting farmers stands out: the near-total ban of agriculture burning. For more than a century, farmers have torched piles of aging or ...

Of the hundreds of new laws that went into effect on New Year's Day, one piece of legislation that was first passed by the state legislature more than 20 years ago is finally in place.

San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate that has been decades in the making.

Burning was easy, cheap and effective ... One Fresno County wine grape grower has already used the burner to dispose of 800 acres of grape varieties that have fallen out of favor with consumers.

Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of Beirut known for its 18th-century monastery and stands of pine forest.

The burning ban stems from Senate Bill 705 ... San Joaquin Valley wine grape growers are reluctantly prepared for the prohibition, said Jeff Bitter, president of Allied Grape Growers.

Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of Beirut known for its 18th century monastery and stands of pine forest.

Such grapes fetch a lower price from traders. Pradip Suryawanshi, grape farmer from Bhilawadi of Sangli district, said the trash burning in the nearby sugar cane fields causes burning of the grape ...

A state law banning open burning of virtually all ag waste in the San Joaquin Valley since last week has intensified a public-private hunt for federal and state subsidies to help farmers pay for ...