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A new bill seeks to gather more data on the potential fiscal impacts of climate change to industries like agriculture.

The proposed state budget would help some fairs cover the cost of layoffs. But county fairs are left without a lifeline.

January proposals for supporting SGMA planning have mostly disappeared in the governor's May Revision for the budget.

California already enjoys several American Viticultural Areas, which recognize distinct wine growing regions of the state but a new one in Los Angeles County is moving forward.

Hundreds of California farmers who have successfully completed prior conservation projects are well positioned to move to the next level of conservation, according to NRCS.

Alberto Obregon has been hired as director of global procurement for Vision Import

Both U.S. and French farmers are concerned about a decision by French leaders to ban the use of a crop protection product for cherries.

China is buying a lot more U.S. ag commodities and tearing down major import restrictions — just as it promised in the “phase one” trade deal — but the successes of the pact are being drowned out by growing animosity on both sides of the Pacific.

The desert locust, generally considered one of the most devastating pests in the world to agriculture, has been hitting farmers hard in the Horn of Africa as well as the Arabian Peninsula for six months, devouring crops and pasture. With COVID-19, the situation has gone from bad to worse.

Some specialty crop growers are concerned about labor shortages, increased COVID-19 costs, and future market demand.