Category Archives: Agriculture News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Farmworkers in the nation’s largest agricultural state will be entitled to the same overtime pay as most other hourly workers under a new law signed Monday by Californi...

The Heritage Foundation is already laying out its case for ending commodity programs and crop insurance policies in the 2018 farm bill. Pro Ag obtained a report that lays out the agenda for the lobbyi...

National Milk Producers' Federation CEO and President Jim Mulhern is skeptical that Congress will be able to tackle immigration reform, child nutrition programs, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agree...

The Department of Agriculture Friday announced more funding for farm operating loans. Farm Service Agency administrator Val Dolcini announced the funding to assist more than 1,900 approved applicants ...

Authorities in New Zealand are investigating what is believed to be the nation's largest cattle theft in history. As many as 500 cows were stolen from a New Zealand dairy farm. The 500 milking cows we...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase $11.7 million worth of shell eggs and egg products to ease a surplus as farmers and egg processors try to cope with falling prices. USDA says the produ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — AB 1066, if signed into law, would make overtime pay for California farmworkers kick in at 40 hours a week, instead of the current 60. Supporters say it aims to promote eq...

The California Senate approved the farm overtime bill, which now sets up a final vote in the assembly. The bill AB-1066, would require employers to pay farm workers overtime after 8 hours instead of t...

Bayer AG could turn "directly to shareholders" in its quest to acquire Monsanto. The news from a German publication comes after St. Louis, Missouri-based Monsanto rejected two proposals from Bayer. Mo...

U.S. dairy farmers have asked the USDA to purchase up to $150 million worth of cheese. Pro Farmer's First Thing Today says that money could purchase up to 90 million pounds of cheese to help feed the ...