Category Archives: Agriculture News

The Fresno Irrigation District is extending water deliveries through November 12th. And by the time water deliveries come to an end for this year — the district will have delivered about 575,000...

Agriculture and other contentious issues proposed by the U.S. during round four of the North American Free Trade Agreement talks has stalled the renegotiation effort. The U.S., Canada and Mexico have ...

National livestock groups are hailing the Department of Agriculture's withdraw of a GIPSA rule a victory. USDA published a notice in the Federal Register announcing it would withdraw the interim final...

The list of NAPA Valley wineries damaged by fire continues to grow. The NAPA Valley Vintners Association reports that 20 members report some damage to their winery, out-buildings or vineyards. Just ov...

China imports more U.S. trash than agricultural commodities, but that could soon change. China earlier this year filed a notice with the World Trade Organization about its plans to limit the entry of ...

California Department of Food and Agriculture news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced funding for the 2017 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. California received $19.2 million ...

Agriculture groups are expressing support for the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017. The bill would create an H-2C visa program that will allow American farmers and, packers and processors access t...

Pan Am Post Dot Com says the U.S. will be putting forth controversial proposals during the next round of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations. The U.S. will allegedly be putting forth prop...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says tax reform framework released Wednesday includes important principles for agriculture. Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall said in a statement that AFBF was enc...

Farmers will soon receive forms for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture's National Ag Statistics Service says farmers and ranchers across the nation will begin receiving the ...