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With the COVID-19 outbreak, ag research supporters say there is a need to keep researchers hard at work now more than ever.

USDA is looking for solutions that address water reuse, water quality, air quality, energy and wildlife habitat as part of the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant program.

The COVID-19 public health crisis is shutting down a state fair tradition for 166 years.

Gov. Gavin Newsom added two leaders from the California agricultural community to his 80-member economic recovery task force and Scott Horsfall announces his retirement from the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement.

A proposal to tax sugary beverage distributors returns to the Legislature * Tax on sugary beverages is back * Trump gives meatpacking marching orders

Lawmakers ask to reopen Sac Valley * Judge dismisses Prop 12 lawsuit over animal confinement * Key senator: ‘Have to do more’ for farmers * Rocky start for PPP Round 2

Listing mountain lions as endangered could raise restrictions on rat poisons * Payment rules for farmers in flux

Bill on H-2A workers’ rights amended to include disasters * Farm groups, Hill allies fighting payment limits * Food giveaway could be uneven

In an important decision for agriculture, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Clean Water Act permits may be required when pollutants make their way through groundwater into a lake, river or other navigable water.

Chipotle fined $25 million for outbreaks * Farm, business relief set for action * OSHA writing guidance for packers