Category Archives: Agriculture News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 66-year-old program that lets the government take raisins away from farmers to help reduce supply and boost market prices is unconstitutional. I...

The Head of Bayer AG's CropScience unit told Bloomberg this week, a potential merger of Monsanto and Syngenta would prompt an industry review. Liam Condon said "there's only six research and developme...

The House granted the president authority to enter and finalize free trade agreements.Now it's up to the Senate to take up the measure again as well.House lawmakers voted 218-208 to approve Trade Prom...

While House Speaker John Boehner can bring up the current Trade Package before July 30th, the Hill reports GOP leadership in the House is also considering a standalone Trade Promotion Authority bill. ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A group of public water agencies that serves millions of Californians asked the state on Tuesday to order farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to stop irrigating the...

A bill slashing Environmental Protection Agency funding and blocking several of its new regulations is scheduled to pass through the House Appropriations Committee, this week. The Hill Reports Republi...

In a news release, Gar Tootelian Inc. kicked off its campaign to call California businesses owners andtheir employees into action to help solve California's water crisis."The blame for California's wa...

Valley Congressman David Valadao introduced legislation to increase water storage in California.The bill amends the reclamation safety of dams act of 1978 and it authorizes the interior department to ...

The American Farm Bureau's analysis of the Waters of the U.S. rule finds the final rule to be worse than EPA's original proposal. American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman said the conclusions "are ...

  According to a report by Bloomberg, the Monsanto takeover offer to Syngenta could cut Monsanto's U.S. tax bill in half. If accepted and approved, Monsanto told Syngenta back in April they would...