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The latest snapshot of California agriculture reveals that the 69,400 farms and ranches across the Golden State generated almost $50 billion in cash receipts from over 400 commodities.

Lawyers for Monsanto and Dewayne Lee Johnson squared off Tuesday before a California appeals court over whether he should be compensated for exposure to Roundup that he claims caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Pesticide handlers may have to use expired respirators or reuse N95 respirators due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to temporary guidance issued by EPA Monday.

Stabenow optimistic on food supply plan * CDC, OSHA on worker protections

Danny Dumas has decided to leave Del Monte Fresh Produce and the Almond Board of California has submitted names to the Department of Agriculture for positions on its board.

Protests that have occasionally turned violent in San Diego are blocking small farmers from markets.

Assembly Bill 2954 proposes a pathway for including natural and working lands in the next Scoping Plan for California’s AB 32 climate goals.

A White House effort to lower the wages farms have to pay H-2A workers appears to have foundered amid concerns that it would put some regions at a disadvantage to others.

Restaurants across the country are working hard to get back to normal, farmers have lost valuable food service markets and a growing number of unemployed workers struggle to purchase food because of COVID-19.

Countless deteriorating dams on rivers and old farm ponds out in the pastures are in escalating need of rebuilding before disaster strikes again. Some federal help is available for reservoir owners ready for the task.