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A new phone app comes online as agencies consider tightening regulations around bees and pesticides and as lawsuits begin mounting.

Rural counties eye budget surplus * Ready, set, go on USMCA

USMCA likely headed for quick approval * Senate warned of ‘devastating’ ag labor shortage

California agencies published the first draft of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio on Friday afternoon.

Dennis Nuxoll manages federal affairs for the Western Growers and discusses the top issues the fresh produce association is facing in 2020.

In a wide-ranging year-end interview, USTR Chief Agricultural Negotiator Gregg Doud offered more details about the "Phase One" deal with China, a long list of export accomplishments, and what to expect on trade in 2020.

In 2019, the attention of farm country was keenly focused on international trade developments, and the Trump administration’s efforts to lessen their blow on producers, according to an analysis of Agri-Pulse's website traffic throughout the year.

The 2014 farm bill ended direct payments to farmers, but the use of the Market Facilitation Program raises questions about how producers will be compensated during hard times.

CDFA funds chlorpyrifos alternatives * Landslide USMCA vote