Category Archives: Agriculture News

By a vote of 62 to 38, the Senate invoked cloture to begin debate on trade promotion authority legislation. The motion allows 30-hours of debate on an amendment to extend the charter of the Export-Imp...

The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 and repeal the Country of Origin Labeling law for beef, pork and chicken, while leaving requirements for ...

House Ag Committee Chair Mike Conaway introduced legislation to repeal Country of Origin Labeling, which has been ruled as non-compliant by the World Trade Organization. In light of the WTO's decision...

(AP) Farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are proposing voluntarily cutting their water use to avoid even harsher restrictions later this summer as the state’s record drought contin...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is now accepting applications for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program. An estimated $10 million will be available for competitive grant...

The Associated Press reported the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service is developing a voluntary GMO Free label.The Coalition for Safe, Affordable Food says this plan is sim...

(KMJ) A California appeals court has sided with one of the largest fruit farms in the country in its fight with state regulators and a union over a labor contract for its workers.The 5th District Cour...

The organic industry saw record growth in the United States with more than 39 billion dollars in retail sales last year. Due to this growth the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural marketing ...

The Bee Informed Partnership recently released the results of its 2014-2015 Colony Loss Survey. For the 2014-2015 winter, managed honey bee colony losses were 23.1%.But for the first time, summer loss...

American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman says the U.S. House of Representatives sent a strong, bipartisan message that the flawed Waters of the U.S. rule is unacceptable and should be scrapped. By ...