On today’s show we have this week’s Almond Update with details on the Almond Board’s upcoming Listening Tour.

On today’s show we hear from Patrick Westhoff, Director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri, and Hannah Quigley, Policy Specialist with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition on the importance of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program.

On today’s show we hear about a hearing on helping farmers who are facing disaster.

On today’s show we’ll hear about the upcoming ag tech event, FIRA, which is heading to the Sacramento area next month. 

On today’s show organic products face price pressure with supply and demand.

On today’s show addressing farm labor challenges through technology.

On today’s show an investment of $7.3 billion to help further strengthen rural electrification.

On today’s show new funding for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.

On today’s show California Grape Rootstock Commission is funding new research projects.

Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour.  On today’s show, a new fruit breeding campus opens in California. Tune in for these news stories, interviews, features, and more.