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A farm bill program that supports the production and marketing of fruits, vegetables, nuts and other crops swelled to $97 million last year, thanks to an influx of stimulus funding. But lawmakers are being asked to expand eligibility for the program when the farm bill is up for reauthorization, and that worries some in the sector.

Producers looking to make their way into organic agriculture have until October to seek financial assistance from a pair of Department of Agriculture grant programs.

The Agriculture Department will soon start distributing $6 billion in disaster relief payments for losses producers had in 2020 and 2021.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal would set aside $75 million to aid small agricultural businesses as the drought deepens.

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf faces lawmakers this week amid nationwide alarm over the shortage of infant formula and continued questions about the agency’s oversight of food and agriculture.  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wraps up a trip to Europe where he's been in talks over the global food crisis and the war in Ukraine.

Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee heard testimony from several California farm interests in a drought forum.

California’s new labor secretary is beginning to craft her strategy for driving workforce development in agriculture over the coming decades

A bill quickly progressing through the Legislature aims to prohibit demurrage and detention fees under such conditions when exporters have no control over shipping delays.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is providing $98.4 million in new forest heath grants to fund wildlife resilience projects.