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Employees who test positive for COVID-19 can now receive workers’ compensation benefits without having to prove the infection took place on the job.

Industry has a voice in Newsom’s task force * Bill would boost USDA spending cap to $68B

Index Fresh has tapped Steve Roodzant as the new CEO and Kori Tuggle has joined Braga Fresh.

As the state pumps nearly $1 billion into procuring N95 masks for healthcare workers, industries like agriculture are left competing for purchases and relying on cloth masks when possible.

Switching highly specialized supply chains to an oversubscribed market is raising new challenges as well as questions about how the nation feeds the hungry during crises.

Stung by scenes of farmers dumping milk and plowing under crops, the Trump administration is launching a never-before-tried plan to use the nation’s commercial food distributors to buy fresh produce, dairy products and meat and give them away to needy families across the country.

The results of a California Farm Bureau survey shows that 57% of farmers have been hit with lost customers or reduced sales due to the pandemic.

Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are insisting on a “shield” to protect businesses from civil lawsuits in the next COVID-19 relief bill, but Democrats are pushing back hard.

Consumer demand for fresh meat, pork and poultry sales is soaring, but as processing remains slowed or shuttered in many places across the U.S., you can expect shortages in some retail outlets as well as many grocery chains.

Crop producers will have more time to verify their organic acreage for crop insurance under a loosened regulatory regime rolled out earlier this week by USDA’s Risk Management Agency.