Category Archives: Agriculture News

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Extreme drought conditions have left an estimated 12 million trees dead in California’s forests over the past year.The estimate comes from a U.S. Forest Service aerial sur...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will meet with the G-20 agriculture ministers in Istanbul. The meeting will focus on food waste, which Vilsack says is different in developed countries accord...

Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Joe Donnelly of Indiana are introducing bipartisan legislation to repeal EPA's proposed Waters of the U.S. rule. This legislation would require EPA and the Army C...

FRESNO (KMJ) — With efforts to curtail the amount of water we use – valley horticulturists are being asked to cut back too – but that doesn’t mean letting your yard go brown.Ne...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California’s Democratic senators have called out Gov. Jerry Brown over water spending, saying that in the face of the relentless drought the state should approve funds ...

  Agri-Pulse reports close to 400 ag and food companies in the Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food sent a letter to House lawmakers to support the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. The act ...

It's vital to get trade promotion authority through Congress according to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Vilsack believes in order to finalize Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, which...

The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will host a drought forum on Tuesday, May 5th at the Fresno County Fairgrounds. Farmers and ranchers and others are encouraged to attend and provide ...

Chipotle is completely GMO free.All of its restaurants have switched to non gmo corn to even cooking oils.Chipotle made history two years ago when it announced which items on the menu were genetically...

Ron Jacobsma is leaving Friant Water Authority under what's being called agreeable terms with the board of directors.For now the board says he's on a leave of absence for the next 30-days, but will be...