Category Archives: Agriculture News

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association condemned a recently announced U.S. Department of Defense-sponsored research grant that will fund the development of lab-grown meat products by a biotechnolog...

The nation's top ag retailers responded to a CropLife Survey on their 2024 outlook. The survey asked retailers about their overall outlook on the 2024 growing season based on market performance throug...

Pairwise, a company specializing in genetics-based innovations for food and agriculture, has developed the world's first seedless blackberry. Interested Engineering Dot Com says blackberries are helpf...

Corey Rosenbusch, president and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute, gave testimony in the House of Representatives in support of phosphate and potash, two of three essential nutrients for ag productivity...

The push to build Sites Reservoir north of Sacramento got a big boost after being challenged in court.A news release from Governor Gavin Newsom says this comes after the governor had streamlined the p...

The GOP Farm Bill with help from some Democrats on the committee, pass HR 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act, also known as the Farm Bill.The bill is expected to go to the house floor lat...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA is investing in domestic fertilizer projects to strengthen competition for U.S. agriculture. The funding comes via the Fertilizer Production and Expansion P...

The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau led a coalition of over 900 ag stakeholders in supporting what they feel is a needed “fix” to California's Prop 12 in the n...

Alexis Taylor, USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, announced funding for the first five projects under the new Assisting Specialty Crop Export initiative. The ASCE initiati...

California Department of Pesticide Regulation data shows that 97% of all fresh fruit and vegetables tested by the department contain little or no pesticide residue.The department also announced that m...