Category Archives: Agriculture News

Nearly $400 million from the Department of Agriculture are helping rebuild and improve rural water and wastewater infrastructure in 42 states, including California. USDA says $392 million in partnersh...

Mexican officials are on their way to Washington to work on the wording of the trade agreement between Mexico and the U.S. A Bloomberg article says they're prepared to enter a bilateral agreement with...

Producers can now apply for the trade mitigation package announced by the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the launch of the program for farmers suffering from d...

Agriculture is consistently one of the few areas of the American economy that sells more overseas than it buys. However, Farm Journal's Ag Web Dot Com says that's going to drop in the upcoming year. T...

Negotiators from Canada rushed to Washington, D.C. this week to resume talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The U.S. is pushing to get a so-called handshake agreeme...

Fresno County farmers and ranchers generated $7,028,024,100 in gross sales for the county in 2017. The top ten crops are almonds, grapes, poultry, pistachios, milk, mandarins, cattle & calves, tom...

Land-grant universities and other organizations are expressing concerns over the administration's plan to move Department of Agriculture agencies out of the nation's capital. USDA recently announced i...

The State Water Resources Control Board says that staff revised the agenda for the August 21st and 22nd board meeting. It means final action on the proposed update to the water quality control plan wh...

A Chinese delegation will travel to the U.S. as part of the ongoing trade war as both sides "remain far apart." Chinese government officials say the delegation will meet with U.S. Treasury Undersecret...

According to Congressman Jim Costa's office, Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue starts Tuesday with a town hall meeting in Modesto. He'll then makes stops at an Oakdale ranch, Joseph Gal...