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Global cherry production is forecast to reach a record 5.44 million metric tons this season, even as the U.S. cherry crop faces significant losses from frost and rain. The latest ...

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A Farm Wife Helping Shape Agricultural Youth Education The history of 4-H can be traced to the efforts of people who believed young Americans should have meaningful opportunities to learn ...

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Cooperative Extension Service Helped Shape Rural America The roots of one of America’s best-known youth agricultural organizations can be traced back to legislation passed more than a century ago. In ...

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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services are coordinating on an updated review of glyphosate, with the assessment expected to be completed early next year. ...

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Organic stone fruit growers will have more flexibility in managing crop risk beginning with the 2027 crop year, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture expands its crop insurance options for ...

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More beef imports have not yet translated into lower ground beef prices for consumers, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation analysis tracking grocery stores across the country. The analysis ...

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California agriculture is facing a complicated mix of water shortages, rising fuel costs, regulatory pressure, labor challenges and rapid technological change. For fourth-generation Kern County farmer Jason Giannelli, those challenges ...

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Bringing Electricity to Rural America In the early 1930s, electricity was still a luxury for most rural American families. Roughly nine out of every 10 rural homes were without electric ...

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Water management is becoming one of the biggest challenges facing farmers and ranchers across the United States, and RanchBot CEO Andrew Coppin believes better data can help producers make smarter ...

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California farmers, ranchers and dairymen face an increasingly complicated landscape of labor laws, workplace safety requirements, pesticide regulations, wage-and-hour rules and other compliance issues. For agricultural employers trying to keep ...

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