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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.

California farm groups have stepped into a U.S. Supreme Court battle over a state law allowing unions to enter ag property.

Tom Vilsack gets a chance this week to outline his vision for a second stint at the Agriculture Department in which he will be expected to play a major role in carrying out President Joe Biden’s climate policy and racial justice agenda.

Responding to an executive order issued by the Biden administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued guidance for companies to help stop the spread of COVID at workplaces and said it was looking at setting an emergency standard for COVID-19.

Senator Dave Min's bill would prohibit firearm sales at fairs affiliated with CDFA.

The Senate Rules Committee has unanimously confirmed two appointments to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board.

The incoming chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Debbie Stabenow, says she’ll seek to use climate legislation to put more money into conservation programs that encourage growers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

UC Davis health and safety experts will provide farmworker groups training to reduce COVID-19 risk.

The FDA has new findings on an E. coli outbreak last fall that led to 40 illnesses.

Biden wants to more than double the amount of conserved land, and Newsom is already on it.