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In seeking alternatives to open ag burning, some are hoping to convert ag waste into aviation fuel to help decarbonize California.

A single pesticide application can affect multiple generations of bees, according to a new UC Davis study.

Funding from the USDA Organic Research and Education Initiative and Western SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) helped plant scientists at the University of California, Davis, develop organic dry bean varieties that taste good, can survive the bean common mosaic virus and are viable in organic systems.

The Department of Conservation is collecting input from Californians as it drafts guidelines for the new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program it will launch with $50 million of state funding next spring.

The US Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) will receive almost $600,000 from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) through its 2022 Market Access Program.

Sakata Seed America has appointed Eduardo Flores to the role of chief operations officer and Michael Schall has been tapped as the new executive chairman of ePallet’s board of directors.

Multinational food companies raced to set pledges to slash the carbon emissions in their supply chains, and now those firms are scrambling to recruit the farmers needed to meet those targets, even as it remains unclear who’s going to foot the bill.

In part two of our articles on efforts to rebuild Rural America, we look at how rural leaders are looking at new ways to attract employees to live and work in small towns.

Ranchers adopted a more proactive planning approach to drought as a permanent practice following the last drought.

The Department of Water Resources is developing a California version of the U.S. Drought Monitor.