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In the midst of a three-week ag tour, Asm. Robert Rivas spoke about new insights, his labor and housing bills and a childhood in farmworker housing.

Western Growers has hired Walt Duflock as vice president of Innovation and Sakata Seed America has appointed Bill McCarthy as its new associate director of research and development.

Negotiations on a major new coronavirus relief package remain alive, but with the election less than two weeks away, Senate Republicans see little chance of passing a deal before a lame duck session in November or December at the earliest.

Rural electric cooperatives, satellite and telecom companies are among 386 applicants eligible for the Federal Communications Commission’s high-speed internet funding reverse auction next week, and stakeholders will be watching to ensure funding builds out broadband in unserved areas as intended.

The hemp industry is not happy with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s interim final rule implementing the 2018 farm bill’s hemp provisions.

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is opening the Regional Conservation Partnership Program to include more commercial forestry operations.

‘No relation’ to those Perdues * Regenerative ag gets campaign pitch

A CDFA advisory board considered allowing Healthy Soils to provide incentives for farmers transitioning to organic.

Growing ACP concerns * Bay Area likes ag * COVID relief, Barrett nomination lead Washington priorities * Conventional, cell-based meat groups call for mandatory labelings

Kern County has had 35 more detections, with 20 in commercial citrus orchards.