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President Donald Trump has relied on USDA's special spending authority to help farmers overcome slumping commodity prices, and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is promising a large boost in conservation spending to help producers cope with hard times.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden responded to a survey by American Farm Bureau Federation with sharply different policy priorities on issues vital to farmers, from farm programs to farm labor rules.

Government research into a wide range of areas, and standardization of data will be needed if USDA is to implement its 30-year plan to increase U.S. agricultural production by 40% while cutting ag's environmental footprint in half.

Venture capitalists are still investing in a broad range of new and improving technology to help farmers produce their crops and consumers get the food they want and need.

Foster Farms has reopened a poultry processing plant in Livingston, Calif., after shutting it for a week to conduct thousands of COVID-19 tests on employees and conduct “deep cleaning” of the facilities.

Wildfires further impact grape harvest * UK: Ag still problem for trade talks * Hemp industry hopes for USDA delay

Many wineries are not taking contracted deliveries until lab tests have cleared the grapes.

State expands COVID housing * CFAP-2 rollout set * EPA reforms on Trump 2nd term agenda * State ag officials target racism

The California Water Institute at Fresno State has released a report that outlines the next steps needed to build and fund a new water infrastructure plan for the San Joaquin Valley.

Santa Barbara County has joined the administration’s new Housing for the Harvest program.