Category Archives: Agriculture News

The House granted the president authority to enter and finalize free trade agreements.Now it's up to the Senate to take up the measure again as well.House lawmakers voted 218-208 to approve Trade Prom...

While House Speaker John Boehner can bring up the current Trade Package before July 30th, the Hill reports GOP leadership in the House is also considering a standalone Trade Promotion Authority bill. ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A group of public water agencies that serves millions of Californians asked the state on Tuesday to order farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to stop irrigating the...

A bill slashing Environmental Protection Agency funding and blocking several of its new regulations is scheduled to pass through the House Appropriations Committee, this week. The Hill Reports Republi...

In a news release, Gar Tootelian Inc. kicked off its campaign to call California businesses owners andtheir employees into action to help solve California's water crisis."The blame for California's wa...

Valley Congressman David Valadao introduced legislation to increase water storage in California.The bill amends the reclamation safety of dams act of 1978 and it authorizes the interior department to ...

The American Farm Bureau's analysis of the Waters of the U.S. rule finds the final rule to be worse than EPA's original proposal. American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman said the conclusions "are ...

  According to a report by Bloomberg, the Monsanto takeover offer to Syngenta could cut Monsanto's U.S. tax bill in half. If accepted and approved, Monsanto told Syngenta back in April they would...

More than 280 organizations, including the National Farmers Union are urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to reject the repeal of Country of Origin Labeling. The coalition says polls s...

National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson encourages House lawmakers to consider the impacts that trade agreements have had on the domestic economy and vote no on TPA. Johnson says the overall tr...