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Matthew Hayes joined the Fresh Produce & Floral Council as a program and events director. He fills the role of Emma McBride Taylor, who served as the event and communications specialist for the past five years. 

Dümmen Orange North America hired Sarah Thompson as western region sales manager and Michelle McElhannon, Ph.D. as the new technical specialist. Tim Clark was promoted to United States national sales manager. Chef, cookbook author and television show host Pati Jinich was named as the first avocado cooking ambassador for Avocados From Mexico.

Top staff from the House and Senate Ag committees continue their private talks this week on a possible new farm bill, even as lawmakers appear headed to agreement on a stopgap spending bill before heading home to campaign.

Ten years in, the State Water Resources Control Board is just now having to act on its role as the regulatory backstop for the 2014 law.

The targets affect Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison.

Former President Donald Trump, responding to a survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation, is throwing his support behind increasing commodity price supports and other assistance for producers. But Vice President Kamala Harris notes Trump proposed budgets that would have cut some farm programs. 

Federal health officials say they haven’t been able to pinpoint how a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu, the 14^th case in the U.S. this year but the first that appears not to involve animal exposure.