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Carlos Suarez began his tenure as State Conservationist for USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California in January of 2013, but the Puerto Rico native still has the same level of enthusiasm for soil and water conservation as when he started his career in the early 1990’s as an unpaid volunteer and later as a soil conservationist in West Virginia.

Industry hopeful for smoother Food Box round * ‘Rejuvenated’ dairy sector

Asm. Robert Rivas’ California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Package includes several COVID-related measures that are progressing through the Legislature.

Facing a $54.3 billion deficit, California lawmakers checked their “to do” list earlier this week and approved a new budget just ahead of the June 15 constitutional deadline.

CDFA sent a 30-page report to the Legislature on Tuesday detailing the many barriers for socially disadvantaged farmers in California.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., has declined to issue a preliminary injunction stopping ranchers from being allowed to kill a limited number of grizzly bears that threaten their livestock in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming.

Retail orange juice sales rose to the highest levels seen since 2015 in April, when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted stay-at-home orders and business closures.

The U.S. Apple Association, joined by the California Apple Commission and several other trade associations, are urging USDA to reconsider how it is funding growers for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.

Western Growers has hired De Ann Davis as senior vice president of science and the California Department of Food and Agriculture brings on Lina Nguyen as a senior environmental scientist specialist.

Uncertainty about how schools will open this fall has elevated concerns that the food items and supplies the country’s 13,698 public school districts need could be difficult to come by.