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2021 is shaping up to be a big year for California strawberries. The California Strawberry Commission’s December acreage survey showed a total of 36,487 acres for 2021.

China has reported a new outbreak of African swine fever in its Xinjiang region. The farm involved had 466 pigs, 280 which died due to the virus. The remainder will be culled.

In a four-day shopping spree, importers bought 3.876 million tons of U.S. corn for delivery to China this marketing year, according to the USDA.

The restaurant industry has been hit hard during the pandemic. LendingTree survey of more than a thousand Americans, half of them say a restaurant they loved has gone out of business.

The USDA estimates China will import 24 Million Metric Tons of corn from all over the world this year, with some forecasting it could even exceed 30-million.

The USDA has posted notice that $2.3 billion in supplemental Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments will be temporarily frozen.

House Ag Committee Chair, David Scott of Georgia, says at the top of his list of priorities are food security, racial equality, the farm bill, and climate change.

Virtual events and e-commerce have become more important to wineries during the pandemic, and agricultural business experts say wineries have been working to transition their marketing plans.

Proposed regulations to impose testing requirements on Canadian imports of romaine lettuce from California through the end of the year is raising concerns.

China made its largest weekly U.S. beef purchases on record two weeks ago, followed by its biggest U.S. corn deals in almost a month.