California Ag Today

Voting began yesterday to select two independent grower positions and two independent handler positions on the Almond Board of California Board of Directors

Farmers are asking a federal court to stop the USDA from what they say is “unconstitutionally and unlawfully funneling disaster and COVID-19 relief funds to certain farmers based on race and gender.”

As of Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has now mandated testing for H5N1 of dairy cattle that cross state lines.

As the U.S. agriculture industry enters the upcoming growing season, the National Agricultural Aviation Association is asking all uncrewed aircraft system operators (or drones) to be mindful of low-altitude crewed agricultural aircraft operations.

Despite unusual outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cattle, the American Farm Bureau emphasizes that the milk supply is safe.

The Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee held annual hearings last week regarding the president’s trade agenda.

USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor will lead an agribusiness trade mission to Columbia in August and is now soliciting for exporters to come along.

New data shows food-at-home, or grocery prices, rose the fastest last year in Houston, Texas, by 7.8 percent, followed by Boston, Massachusetts, at seven percent.

After a day-long hearing, the State Water Resources Council has put the Tulare Lake basin under "probationary" status.

Tanner Beymer, senior director of government affairs with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the July Cattle Report from USDA NASS carries a lot of weight for the big picture.