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Dozens of House members are asking the USDA to include wine grapes on the list of specialty crops eligible for the assistance program.

Ag bankers and federal regulators should conduct stress tests to assess the financial risks of climate change, which poses a major threat to U.S. agriculture, says a new report released by a Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner.

As action ramped up in the final days of the legislative session, two bills expanding broadband access fell by the wayside without notice or explanation.

The hemp sector is hopeful a recent USDA request for comment on multiple pending hemp regulations means the department will suspend the requirements before they become effective at the end of next month.

The Legislature has passed a bill to ban most uses of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides following the high-profile deaths of several Southern California mountain lions.

The Environmental Protection Agency can do a better job on “the way we handle pesticide regulation,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a speech at the Nixon Presidential Library last week.

California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed to fine two meat companies about $60,000 for failing to adequately protect workers from COVID-19.

Calavo Growers has appointed Farha Aslam to its board of directors, effective Jan. 3., and NASDA elected a new president.

Next year’s crop of meetings is in jeopardy, and organizations are taking a nervous look at their balance sheets and what they'll be able to pay their top executives.