Category Archives: Agriculture News

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The U.S. Drought Monitor is now categorizing two-thirds of California as abnormally dry. The monitor reports Thursday that more than 81% of the state is considered dry, includ...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is hoping that a third round of trade aid payments to farmers will be unnecessary in 2020 because of a new trade deal with China. The Hagstrom Report says Perdue spoke with r...

The U.S. and China will roll back tariffs if they strike a preliminary deal, a move requested by China before signing a phase one trade agreement. The signing of the agreement may be now delayed until...

The Fresno Chamber of Commerce honors the 2019 Agriculturalist of the Year Mark Borba today at the Fresno Convention Center. According to the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, Mark is a fourth-generation fa...

Legislation introduced would create a new research agency in the Department of Agriculture. Introduced by Senator Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, and Representative Cindy Axne, an Iowa Democrat, ...

Women are active advocates for agriculture and successful business owners interested in filling leadership roles, according to a new American Farm Bureau survey. A majority of those surveyed, 91%, als...

Representatives Zoe Lofgren of California and Dan Newhouse of Washington introduced comprehensive legislation that attempts to overhaul the nation's agricultural labor programs. Politico says the legi...

The United States Cattlemen filed a petition for rulemaking with the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service to address "Product of the USA" and "Made in the USA" claims on U.S. beef. The USCA says ...

The U.S. and China recently reached a partial trade deal that included the promise of large agricultural purchases by China. Because of that, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is deciding on whether ...

Optimism over a trade breakthrough with China is fading as China wants more talks this month to work out the details of the "phase one" agreement. Bloomberg News reports China may send another trade d...