Articles by Brad Hooker

Farming designated as a critical service * Restaurant industry warns of $225B in potential losses * Shuttering food markets may cost up to $700 million

Airlines are shipping less produce * Dairy Families: Vulnerable farmers should self-isolate * Industry appeals for worker exemptions

Family Winemakers of California has also asked to keep tasting rooms open with reduced capacity. Food safety inspections will continue. United Farm Workers wants to ensure farmworker safety.

CDFA selected 125 operations for the 2019 water efficiency grant awards, totaling $9.7 million.

State issues guidance to prevent coronavirus spread in restaurants * Farmworkers want more sick pay * Coronavirus ‘hangover’ stalls a rise in dairy prices

Dean Michael Lairmore of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine discussed the bills he’s watching, experts informing the science behind Sacramento policies and the need for veterinarians in natural disasters.

Negotiations have been put on hold due to lawsuits and politics between the Trump and Newsom administrations – along with global economic uncertainty from the pandemic.

State also extended tax deadlines * All other legislative and regulatory hearings are being canceled * Last big holdout, Kern County closes schools * Klamath farmers appeal to Supreme Court

CDFA assures food is safe during outbreak * CDC advises against large gatherings as Newsom calls for shutting down wineries, bars

Ag Day cancelled due to coronavirus * Closures raise the spotlight on broadband access * Mexico’s glyphosate rejection spurs USMCA concern