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The outgoing Trump administration is tapping unspent USDA funding to provide coronavirus relief to contract producers for the first time while providing supplemental payments to hog farms. USDA also is adjusting payments calculations for many producers who have already received Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments.

Members of the American Farm Bureau Federation gathered virtually Thursday to assess the changes the organization would pursue in its lengthy policy book.

California Farm Bureau Administrator Jim Houston said his biggest disappointment with the governor’s budget proposal was the absence of tax credits for farm employees.

A coalition of ag groups has stepped into a dispute between the Kern County ag commissioner and the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

More than 200 ag groups urged President-elect Joe Biden and congressional leaders to include water infrastructure in any economic recovery package.

On Tuesday the commission unanimously voted to pursue an appeal of a court decision blocking the state from protecting native bumblebees.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a plan to overhaul the state’s approach to pesticide regulation, without farm groups at the table.

CalEPA’s Department of Pesticide Regulation is pressuring a county agricultural commissioner to implement a notification program that environmental activists have long sought.

Conservation officials in California have outlined 10 conservation practices with high potential for benefits that will receive priority incentive payments.

Kate Burr joins Markon Cooperative and Michael Gonzales has been promoted to head of marketing at Limoneira Co.