Category Archives: Agriculture News

Proponents of urban agriculture are hoping two bills will be reintroduced this year in time to be added to the 2018 Farm Bill. Bloomberg reports the bills have very different initiatives but similar g...

In a news release from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the department is now accepting applications for the Alternative Manure Management Program. CDFA was appropriated $50 million ...

Government Officials in South Korea say the U.S. and Korea have not reached an agreement on possible revisions to the U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement, known as KORUS. A South Korea news agency reports that...

The first round of talks between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, ended last week with all three sides saying they're committed to getting negotiations done as quickly as possible. The next round of talk...

The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the deadline to submit comments on the Waters of the U.S. Rule repeal effort. The EPA along with the Army Corps of Engineers, will now accept comment t...

The largest farm groups in the U.S., Canada and Mexico offered a sign of unity over the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations. The American Farm Bureau Federation, Canadian Federation of ...

U.S. beef products are struggling to gain traction following a return to China after a 14-year ban. Bloomberg reports that U.S. cuts of beef are largely unnoticeable in China's meat isles. China, the ...

FRESNO (KMJ) — The Temperance Flat project has taken a big step toward becoming a reality. A formal request to ask for $1.3 billion of state funding is now signed and awaiting consideration by t...

A new report by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute finds the number of undocumented farm workers dropped over a 14-year period. Between 2000 and 2014, the report says undocumented workers in t...

A Chinese firm made big news in 2013 by spending $4.7 billion to acquire U.S. processor Smithfield Foods. In that same deal, the company also acquired over 146,000 acres of U.S. farmland worth more $5...