Category Archives: Agriculture News

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached a final agreement with Chinese officials to allow the United States to begin exporting rice to China for the...

It may not be front and center in agriculture like the farm bill discussion is, but farmers have a lot to worry about as Congress debates the future of health care. Politico's Morning Ag Report says f...

A Chinese investment fund has paid $1.1 billion to purchase Dow Chemical Company's corn seed business in Brazil, a move Reuters calls a further sign of China’s fast-expanding role in the global ...

Twelve cotton producers from Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Missouri will travel west to observe cotton and other agricultural operations in California's San Joaquin Valley during th...

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Pregnant mothers who consume large quantities of fructose, a widely-used sweetener, may double their child’s risk for asthma. Researchers at Queen Mary University of...

It looks like lawmakers will have $130 billion less to write the upcoming farm bill than they did for the past one. The Congressional Budget Office made that announcement when it published its 10-year...

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A new survey finds that 79 percent of adults believe supermarkets should make healthier foods easier to access. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest,...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Environmental and fishing groups have filed challenges seeking to block Gov. Jerry Brown’s ambitious plan to build a pair of massive water tunnels in California. The ...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative wrapped up public comment hearings this week on the upcoming North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Ag groups representing American farmers and r...

The Department of Agriculture says the number of managed honey bee colonies has increased over the last decade. While recent public attention has focused largely on colony mortality trends, overall co...