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Most of the top Democratic presidential candidates pitch a broad, generous public option for health care and other paths to cheaper, affordable care against Trump’s efforts to repeal Obamacare.

The Farm Service Agency needs to provide clear guidance to producers trying to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program and re-examine its reductions in incentive payments, which are likely to discourage producers from signing up for the popular program.

Senators want better US access to UK rice market * USDA pulls FAS officials out of China * Few clues in USDA report on trade impact

Proposed insurance cuts are ‘inexplicable’ * Budget boosts sustainable ag research

Sen. Shannon Grove considers herself blessed to be representing a district with the second largest agricultural producing county in the world.

Vegan ‘creamery’ sues CDFA over labeling * Coronavirus, tariffs stall prune market in China * Food processors warn insurance commissioner of ‘skyrocketing rates’

The Food and Drug Administration says that a new analysis indicating genome editing in cattle can have unintended consequences underscores the importance of its regulatory approach to animal biotechnology. 

Corteva Agriscience, a major manufacturer of the insecticide chlorpyrifos, will stop making the chemical at the end of the year.