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Farm organizations pushed back in support of glyphosate as an environmentally-friendly product, but Attorney General Xavier Becerra is challenging a recent federal court decision barring Proposition 65 cancer warnings.

The ongoing debate over climate change is complicating the search for solutions over how to prevent massive wildfires that continue to ravage many rural areas across the west.

The industrial hemp industry’s “green rush,” which began in mid-2017, has cooled, at least for those growing hemp for the cannabidiol (CBD) market and many companies that process it.

The Environmental Protection Agency could be turning more guidance into legally reviewable regulations under a rule announced this week.

Labor Day meat sales helped boost the sector’s performance significantly for the week ending Sept. 6, according to an analysis from 210 Analytics.

Three law firms who represent thousands of plaintiffs in Roundup litigation against Bayer have told the court overseeing the settlement process that they now have agreements with the company, signaling progress is being made to resolve the litigation.

For the third time in four years, Butte County rancher Megan Brown had to evacuate her land on Sunday. Others are struggling to evacuate in time.

Robert Rivas has been selected to serve as chair of the California Ag Committee and Ambassador Terry Branstad has announced he is stepping down from being the top U.S. representative in Beijing.

Crowfoot tussles with Trump * Ag Expo cancelled * Driscoll’s exec goes to prison * Stabenow: No ‘blank check’ for USDA

The increase in payment limits for the 2019 version of the Market Facilitation Program allowed large farming operations to collect an additional $519 million over the 2018 program, the Government Accountability Office says.