What to expect after a dry winter * Positive signs in California’s economy before the outbreak

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

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.

Farmers who had crops damaged by drought or excessive moisture in 2018 or 2019 can start applying March 23 for disaster assistance authorized by Congress last year.

California to see fewest alfalfa acres since 1938 * Trump’s new water plan won’t help in a dry year * New bills address taxes on ag overtime, climate goals and pesticide training

California agencies published the first draft of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio on Friday afternoon.

The House approved a pair of fiscal 2020 spending packages Tuesday that will provide a fresh infusion of disaster relief to farmers, extend the expired biodiesel credit to 2022 and bolster port inspections to protect U.S. agriculture for African swine fever and other threats.

A congressional agreement to fund the government for fiscal 2020 includes an additional $1.5 billion in disaster relief for farmers and would revive the biodiesel tax credit and extend it through 2022.

China talks ‘going very well’ * Dairy producers prodded