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Airlines are shipping less produce * Dairy Families: Vulnerable farmers should self-isolate * Industry appeals for worker exemptions

The Food and Drug Administration is suspending routine surveillance inspections of U.S. facilities, citing concern for its staff and state contractors who conduct the plant checks.

Farm groups are appealing to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take steps to speed the approval of H-2A workers following his department’s suspension of regular visa processing services in Mexico because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Family Winemakers of California has also asked to keep tasting rooms open with reduced capacity. Food safety inspections will continue. United Farm Workers wants to ensure farmworker safety.

CDFA selected 125 operations for the 2019 water efficiency grant awards, totaling $9.7 million.

EPA’s new method for determining how to evaluate the effects of pesticides on endangered species has been greeted with praise from the agricultural industry for offering a clear path forward for future evaluations, but sharp criticism from environmentalists for narrowing the universe of interagency reviews.

State issues guidance to prevent coronavirus spread in restaurants * Farmworkers want more sick pay * Coronavirus ‘hangover’ stalls a rise in dairy prices

Dean Michael Lairmore of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine discussed the bills he’s watching, experts informing the science behind Sacramento policies and the need for veterinarians in natural disasters.

American Farmland Trust has hired Teresa O'Connor and Andrew Smith has been confirmed as Sonoma County's agriculture commissioner.

Negotiations have been put on hold due to lawsuits and politics between the Trump and Newsom administrations – along with global economic uncertainty from the pandemic.