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A new policy brief from the University of California Cooperative Extension explores how statewide producers could better benefit from farm bill programs as wildfires continue to ravage agricultural land.

The court found that the farm obtained more than $650,000 in false crop insurance payments.

UCANR announced its 2040 Strategic Vision, which provides an outline of the system’s goals over the next 15 years.

The San Joaquin Tributaries Authority named Andree Lee as the organization’s first executive director. Michael Bliss was promoted to director of grower services at California Citrus Mutual

Mission Produce promoted Brooke Becker to senior vice president of sales. Ryan Krabill joined the Oregon Farm Bureau as a government affairs manager. Kenneth Connolly joined the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Democratic staff as a senior policy adviser. 

Donald Trump is headed back to the White House and he could have a sizable Republican majority in the Senate to help him confirm nominees and move his legislative priorities, notably an extension of expiring tax cuts. Trump predicted Republicans would hold on to the House.

Animal veterinarians are pushing USDA to move quickly in testing milk nationwide to get a handle on where the H5N1 virus is located so it can be controlled.

Farm groups are re-upping concerns that the next phase of biofuel tax credits could still include bundling requirements that some say could limit opportunities for farmers.

Dry weather has helped speed Midwestern and Southern farmers through most of this fall’s corn and soybean harvest while also limiting the amount of grain they could send down the Mississippi River. As many park their combines for the year, they are hoping rain storms can replenish soils parched and waterways shrunk by months of drought.

Generation and transmission cooperatives that supply the nation's rural electric cooperatives are moving forward with carbon capture projects, but officials question whether meeting EPA's new standards is achievable. There are wildly varying estimates in the power industry about the cost of using the technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Farmer sentiment rose sharply in October as producers expressed more confidence that there won’t be an extended downturn in the farm economy, according to the Purdue University CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.