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USDA staff at the Agricultural Research Service are searching for the Asian giant hornet (AGH) in hopes of preventing a serious threat to the U.S. beekeeping industry.

USDA's APHIS has cleared the pathway for carrots to be imported from Korea to the U.S.

Karen Hearn has been promoted to vice president of domestic marketing for the California Table Grape Commission and Harold Weisfeld, founder of Fruit Distributing Corp. of California, Commerce, died on June 2.

Much of the ag industry was still in a state of confusion Tuesday over applications of dicamba this growing season following EPA’s decision to cancel three registrations but allow use of existing stocks by growers and applicators.

The coronavirus pandemic has given a big boost to sales of plant-based meat as consumers search for protein amid the current health crisis.

Specialty crop farms spent more than three times more money on labor costs than other types of operations, according to data from USDA’s 2018 Agricultural Resources Management Survey.

Expansion of family leave could hurt small farmers * Bill on incentives for cover crops passes Assembly * Proposal threatens to raise the cost of feed

A bill aims to adjust the supply chain for recycling agricultural byproducts, like almond hulls, into cattle feed.

AB 2106 would incentivize farmers to create nesting habitat for waterfowl by planting cover crops and other vegetation or by idling farmland.

The Legislature is considering a budget trailer bill that would expand family medical leave as a requirement for smaller businesses and to cover more medical situations.