Category Archives: Agriculture News

U.S.-based Monsanto is giving up on efforts to acquire Swiss rival Syngenta, according to Reuters. Monsanto still believes in the value of a combination of the two agricultural seed and chemical giant...

The Fresno County Department of Agriculture 2014 Crop and Livestock Report set a record for gross production totals. Overall, agricultural production in Fresno County totaled more than $7.03 billion, ...

  The clock is ticking down to implementation of the Environmental Protection Agencies Waters of the U.S. rule. 13 states have asked for an injunction to delay the rule, set to go into effect Fri...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Expect to shell out more for a carton of large eggs as benchmark egg prices in California have gone up by 150 percent in a year. Last August, eggs were $1.45 per dozen large eggs ...

A weakened farm economy and energy industry has led to Deere & Company to reduce is fiscal 2015 profit forecast. Bloomberg reports the move is in response to lower grain prices and lower sales of ...

A study released by Columbia University claims climate change is likely intensifying California's record-breaking drought. The Hill reports researchers say the drought is a mostly natural phenomenon, ...

  A Southern California lawmaker wants consumers to know if their food was grown with fracking water. State Assembly member Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) introduced a bill that would label food irrigat...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Vast areas of California’s Central Valley are sinking faster than in the past as massive amounts of groundwater are pumped during the historic drought, state officials said...

  UC Davis is reporting that the drought is costing California agriculture $1.84B and 10,100 jobs in 2015.The drought is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing about 30 per...

Two Representatives' will address the 2015 United Fresh Washington Conference. Representative Tim Ryan, an Ohio democrat, along with David Valadao, a California republican, will address the conference...