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The North American Blueberry Council elected new members to the board of directors. Anna K. Jesse of Cornelius, Oregon, was added as the U.S. North American grower representative. She has worked for Forest Hills Farms for the past nine years, recently as vice president. Manolo Reyes was added as the Mexican North American Grower representative. He is North America chief executive officer at Berries Paradise Official. Chad Hansen was named the North American distributor representative. Bo Slack, district manager at California Giant Berry Farms, is returning to the board as the North American distributor representative. 

The California Association of Winegrape Growers elected new officers, including John Chandler of Chandler Farms in Selma as chair of the board. Friant Water Authority CEO Jason Phillips announced his intention to step down in January. The Agriculture Workforce Coalition elected American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall and Western Growers President and CEO Dave Puglia as the new coalition co-chairs. Former California Ag Leadership Foundation CEO Dwight Ferguson joined the Vanguard Food LP board of managers. 

Farmers looking to get federal conservation funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program will no longer face limits to how much they can receive.