Category Archives: Agriculture News

USDA will begin offering farm ownership microloans, creating a new financing avenue for farmers to buy and improve property. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden announced the microloans that US...

Heritage International Inc. of Compton, is voluntarily recalling one lot of Trader Joe’s Raw Cashew Pieces with the following code “BEST BEFORE 07.17.2016TF4” because of potential co...

The U.S. House passed a joint resolution to disapprove the Waters of the United States rule under a Congressional Review Act. The measure passed the House by a vote of 253-166. The resolution cleared ...

American Farm Bureau delegates elected Georgia farmer Zippy Duvall to lead the organization as President. Duvall, who was serving as the Georgia Farm Bureau state president, will take over the top pos...

A dairy from Saudi Arabia has spent more than $31 million to buy California farmland to supply its business with alfalfa hay. Reuters reports the Almarai Company spent more than $17,000 an acre for th...

Campbell Soup Company will voluntarily label its U.S. products that include genetically modified organisms. The company becomes the first major food company to start such labeling. Reuters reports tha...

Many agriculture groups praised the dietary guidelines for following the science, as requested by the groups and Congress. American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman said "we are pleased that the Agr...

As the El Nino weather event has peaked, forecasters are predicting what may be next for the world's climate. Bloomberg reports weather models predict El Nino will decline in coming months and conditi...

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The Food and Drug Administration has extended the comment period for a proposal that would address the use of the term "natural" on food labels. The agency is now taking comments until May 10th of 201...