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U.S. dairy farms welcome a jump in milk prices, but market joy is clouded by a battering of feed crops, long-term economic stress for many, and probable disappearance of USDA payments.

Warning letters sent by the Food and Drug Administration to 15 producers and sellers of CBD products show the agency is serious about enforcing current prohibitions on the marketing of goods containing cannabidiol, the non-psychoactive chemical contained in hemp.

The Organic Trade Association and its allies in Congress are pushing to finalize an Obama-era rule that would help dairy producers to transition animals into organic production only once.

Gov. Newsom has launched a Broadband for All initiative and the policy recommendations are already coming it.

POTUS reversing on China deal? * Farmer more optimistic

Pamela Marrone, company founder of Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., announces she will retire from her position as CEO and the Dairy Council of California gain four new board members.

Newsom campaigns in Iowa * NIH puts focus on rural suicide

USMCA deal appears closer * H-2A growth eases

Lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break with a long to-do list important to agriculture that includes keeping the government funded and potentially debating the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, all of which is competing for attention with the House impeachment battle.

Net farm income is projected to rise more than 10% this year, but nearly one-third of producer earnings will come from a combination of crop insurance benefits and direct government payments, including the Trump administration's trade assistance.