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DPR warns schools on using disinfectants during the outbreak * Central Valley freshmen face tough fights in November

New bill ties grant program to Regions Rise Together initiative * Coronavirus delays USDA trade mission

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who insists he’s optimistic about a farm economy rebound this year, faces a pair of congressional hearings this week where he is certain to face further grilling about trade prospects and future of the Market Facilitation Program.

DOJ, California and other states square off over food stamp limits * USDA ready if coronavirus worsens in US

Strawberry grower fined for illegal pesticide * China port backlog easing, tariff relief seen

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s job defending his department’s fiscal 2021 budget request on Wednesday was made a lot easier after President Donald Trump announced he would support full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says there is less than a 10% chance that farmers will get more Market Facilitation Program payments this year and that China is sending “signals” it intends to honor its pledges to ramp up purchases of U.S. farm commodities.

Workshops focus on new ag order that threatens lettuce production * Policy wonks to discuss valley’s top issues at Kern County Water Summit today

A study released this week presents disturbing findings about impacts from implementing SGMA. Yet the state has never performed an economic impact analysis.

Nearly three dozen farm groups and university researchers are calling on House and Senate appropriators to fund the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AgARDA), authorized in the 2018 Farm Bill but which has yet to receive any money.