California ranked at the top in a report in terms of number of new farms in the past year despite finishing near the bottom (49th) of U.S. states in terms of land pricing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday released its U.S. Agriculture Innovation Strategy Directional Vision for Research summary and dashboard that will help to guide future research decisions within USDA.
HOLTVILLE – The next Imperial County University of California Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops and Integrated Pest Management Workshop will be…
LOS ANGELES – A coalition of agricultural and business employers filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Dec. 31 challenging the COVID-19 …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New nutrition guidelines for Americans Tuesday the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services for the first t…
MARICOPA, Ariz. — Genetically engineered cotton and classical pest control tactics combined to rid the United States and Northern Mexico of a devas…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — USDA’s Risk Management Agency announced Wednesday it is extending crop insurance flexibilities for producers amid the COVID-19 p…
DAVIS — Economic research measuring the overall losses to California agricultural exports resulting from the trade war shows that two years of Mark…
Customer-owners of Farm Credit West, ACA will be getting back a little extra.
Pandemic-caused production backups and supply-chain disruptions at large U.S. meatpacking plants have helped a number of proposed federal bills gai…
SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Farm to Fork (CDFA-F2F) is accepting applications for the 2021 Farm to Sch…
As COVID-19 vaccines make their way into circulation, efforts continue to assure that farm and food-production employees receive timely inoculations.
Kay Day Pricola, advisor and former executive director of the Imperial Valley Vegetable Growers Association (IVVGA) and the Coalition of Labor, Agr…
EL CENTRO — Imperial County farmworkers are among the beneficiaries of a gift nearly 1 million surgical masks donated by Bank of America.
California farmers who suffered price declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic have until Dec. 11 to apply for a second round of federal relief known …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has mailed ballots for the Farm Service Agency county committee elections to eligible farmers…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — USDA is hiring interns from high school to graduate level for a broad range of occupational fields, from veterinary science, to …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Extension Risk Management Education Program and U.S. Department of Agriculture are hosting a webinar today for agricultural …
SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Pest Exclusion Branch is accepting applicants for two midterm vacancies on the Ind…
EL CENTRO — Imperial County farmers raised nearly $800 million worth of vegetables in 2019, according to the latest agricultural crop and livestock…
SACRAMENTO — California received $23.8 million out of approximately $72.4 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture nationwide for the …
EL CENTRO — A diverse group of state lawmakers and agricultural industry and farm worker representatives are calling on the governor to sign a pack…
SACRAMENTO — California Department of Food and Agriculture is seeking volunteers with knowledge and expertise regarding California’s specialty crop…
SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Food and Agriculture is now accepting proposals for the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Environmental Farming Act Science Advisory Panel (EFA SAP) is accepting applicatio…
SALINAS — Church Brothers Farms is launching three-minute microwavable Ready Sides – adding to its existing line of retail fresh-cut vegetables. Th…
SALINAS — Church Brothers Farms is increasing production and expanding market availability on two of its newer products as part of the company’s co…
SOLEDAD — Braga Fresh hired Jason Duran to join the sales team at Josie’s Organics.
HOLTVILLE -- While herding goats along dusty roads as a boy growing up in Oromia, Ethiopia, Oli Bachie began striving to improve his economic posit…
SOLEDAD — Colby Pereira has joined Braga Fresh as vice president of operations, the company announced Tuesday.
IRVINE — The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, a California-based incubator dedicated to accelerating the development of agri…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Monday announced new features on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers.gov …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Food and Agriculture both recently issued advisories warning homeowners about u…
Making planting decisions for fall and winter vegetables is hard enough without a pandemic and ever-changing shutdown orders dimming the crystal ball.
SALINAS — Church Brothers Farms announced Wednesday the introduction sweet varieties of two favorite vegetables.
