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The nation’s organic dairies are growing in their ability to produce milk relative to the inputs in the production process, but not nearly at the same rate as other dairies in the country, according to new research from the Department of Agriculture.

Anew measure would “reimagine water management" by eliminating the state water board.

The Department of Water Resources launched of a new data mapping tool dubbed California’s drought monitor.

A new bill would ban nearly all non-agricultural uses of several neonicotinoids.

Promising signs still lay ahead for walnuts—despite a tumultuous year for port congestion, a supply chain crunch and a potentially deepening drought.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross and other leaders shares life lessons for the many women rising into leadership positions in California agriculture.

Interested parties have about two-and-a-half weeks to offer input on the best approaches for the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program’s request for applications.

Organically Grown has named Brenna Davis as its new CEO, and Lisa Corrigan has become the director of marketing for Prima Wawona.

A crop insurance policy that was supposed to ensure cotton growers could make do without traditional commodity programs never fulfilled its promise after hitting the market in 2015. But amid sky-high market prices and input costs this year, southern farmers say buying the policy is looking more and more like a no-brainer.