Many ag jobs got designated “essential” at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, masks and other safety precautions have become common in fields and packing houses. Food continues to move from the farm to the consumer. But impacts on the people making that happen have been significant.

The Assembly on Tuesday passed SB 86, a measure requiring quarterly reporting on the use of the granular form of chlorpyrifos.

While farm groups share this goal, the policy being proposed has drawn opposition from a broad coalition of agricultural and business groups.

Newsom said an announcement will come "very, very shortly” on infection reporting.

Latino leaders aid farmworkers * Congress looks to September amid impasse * Pence defends China policy

Central Valley readies for Housing for Harvest * USDA explains slow CFAP payments * Farm bankruptcies slow