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Newsom offers support for children of ag workers * USDA to provide food bank vouchers * China makes good on pledge

Without government relief, some analysts are sharply lowering their estimates of net farm income because of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on agricultural markets, with the livestock sector and corn growers bearing much of the hit.

PPIC: Groundwater plans are ‘not feasible’ * Farm groups await aid * New fight looms over forgivable loans

USDA’s Risk Management Agency is taking action to reduce the impact on milk producers of recent market disruptions that have caused some producers to dump their product.

Ag Order 4.0 comment period extended * Trump: Expect aid in ’pretty near future’ * Food industry appeals for worker aid * PPE shortage worries industry

The Department of Agriculture is now giving producers with eligible crops 12 months instead of nine to repay marketing assistance loans.

Judge rejects injunction on Trump’s biological opinions * USDA looks to rush COVID-19 relief * Administration pressed for H-2A relief

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says USDA wants to provide relief from the COVID-19 crisis to eligible farm sectors “sooner rather than later,” but the department will have to wait until this summer at the earliest to distribute an additional $14 billion in aid.

AG bashes EPA assessment on 1,3-D * Industry drafts coronavirus credentials * EPA defends enforcement policy * Bayer settling Roundup lawsuit over labeling

NRCS is looking for organizations interested in trying to implement innovative conservation practices on farms.