Canadian border closures ease but ag trade disruptions with the U.S. may continue. The Grand Farm gets a $10 million boost from the state and federal government. We'll tell you about Hillsboro High School's agriculture education program and their therapy dog. And farm groups sue EPA to reverse a ban on an important insecticide.
Crop insurance companies are working out protocols for offering PACE, a pilot program in some counties that would reduce some of the risk in applying nitrogen in split applications, which is a conservation measure. If a planned nitrogen application is delayed due to excessive rains, the insurance policy purports to pay for a reduced yield.