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Producers interested in applying for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, a competitive USDA conservation program, should sign up by March 3.

New faces on the Senate Agriculture Committee, Danny Dumas has been hired by Courchesne Larose, a Canadian wholesaler, to be the new president of Courchesne Larose USA, United Natural Foods has named Dorn Wenninger its senior vice president of produce.

Water is now being traded on the CME Group's new index, but some California water managers and market observers are less confident the futures contract will offer much benefit.

A new study on USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program suggests the initiative could be tweaked to better aim its benefits to small- and mid-sized farmers as well as minority- and women-owned operations.

An ingredient Impossible Foods says makes its plant-based burgers “meaty” should have undergone more testing by the Food and Drug Administration, the Center for Food Safety contends in a brief filed in federal appeals court in California.

A new measure aims to offer technical assistance grants to help landowners reduce water usage.

Several lawmakers have joined calls from labor groups for Newsom to better prioritize farmworkers for COVID-19 vaccines.

Tom Vilsack, set to take a historic second stint as agriculture secretary, is pledging to make climate change and racial justice top priorities for the Agriculture Department, assuring senators that he understands the times and challenges have changed since he left the government four years ago.