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Signup arrives for COVID-19 payments * USDA pressed for farmworker protections

The agency is protecting outdoor workers by requiring employers supply N95 respirators when the air quality index hits an unhealthy level due to wildfire smoke.

The Air Resources Board is racing to meet emissions reduction deadlines set out for dairy and livestock sector.

$800M for fixing canals * EU eyes huge organic expansion * Congress looks to speed PPP fixes

Cattle grazing near romaine lettuce fields is “the most likely contributing factor associated with” E. coli outbreaks last fall, says FDA.

USDA is making $1 billion in loan guarantees available “to help rural businesses meet their working capital needs during the coronavirus pandemic,” the department said Thursday.

Asm. Rivas said the state has “a moral responsibility, a moral duty to protect the vulnerable.”

Surrounded by farmer leaders, Secretary Sonny Perdue and daughter Ivanka Trump at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump unveiled the broad outlines of the next coronavirus relief payments for farmers and ranchers.

LGMA Partners with Western Growers to Offer Remote Food Safety Audits During Pandemic

Reclamation nudges up water deliveries * Farmers thankful, but look for more