DPR denies neonic petition *Vaccine availability concerns industry * USDA transition lead a ‘bridge builder' * Fudge gets backing for USDA

Former USDA Chief of Staff and White House ag advisor Ray Starling, who served under President Trump, and Obama-era Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack engaged in a civil back-and-forth Wednesday to extoll the virtues of their particular candidates of choice.

California’s small-scale specialty crop growers are feeling frustrated and left out by the “lack of inclusion” among federal aid programs.

Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are insisting on a “shield” to protect businesses from civil lawsuits in the next COVID-19 relief bill, but Democrats are pushing back hard.

Garamendi: Delta tunnel plan should consider impacts to ag lands * State lists foothill yellow-legged frog as endangered * State office rejects food waste regulations

Farmworker wages under the H-2A program will rise 6% nationally in 2020 to an average of $13.99 an hour, with farmers in some states seeing increases of up to 10%, the Labor Department says.

Progressive Produce hires Christine Toy and Seth Tillery and Matt Fisher is the new chairman of California Citrus Mutual.