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Outcry over cap-and-trade fix * Almond shipments down * New law brings PPP flexibility, questions

Farm and business groups are pushing back on a proposal to modify California’s cap-and-trade program.

Farm groups are looking to the Trump administration to quickly appeal a ruling blocking the use of dicamba herbicide and issue guidance on how the industry should address the issue.

Friday marked a deadline for Senate committees to report non-fiscal bills to the floor.

Setting the stage for ag carbon markets * Pandemic wiping out food security gains

A new bipartisan Senate bill that has the backing of leading farm and environmental groups aims to address climate change by directing the Agriculture Department to play a key role in overseeing the operation of agricultural carbon markets. 

The Assembly Appropriations Committee has passed a $7-billion climate resilience bond.

The Nutrition Coalition, which has been critical of the process used to produce the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, is calling for a delay in the release of the draft report, saying “one or more members” of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee have contacted the coalition to express concern about the quality of the science being used.

California’s small-scale specialty crop growers are feeling frustrated and left out by the “lack of inclusion” among federal aid programs.

The Newsom administration is advancing the Water Resilience Portfolio and plans to complete the policy document soon.