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After a 55-year career in the California agriculture industry, Leroy Goehring has retired and after 21 years as the California state auditor, Elaine Howle will retire at the end of the year.

Agriculture will play more than a bit part in the global debate about climate change as an international conference kicks off Sunday. The question is whether President Joe Biden will have a congressional agreement in hand to fund ag's role in his commitment to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Some of the most well-known names in agriculture are atop the list of 100 largest cooperatives by revenue compiled by the National Cooperative Bank.

Farm groups are pushing back on a joint plan between state and federal wildlife agencies to rescind Trump-era biological opinions for Delta flows.

Democratic leaders are trying to nail down an agreement this week on President Joe Biden’s Build Build Better package of social spending and climate policy ahead of his pivotal trip to Europe for a G20 summit and the international climate conference in Glasgow.

California’s standards board governing workplace safety has posted for public comment draft regulations that would extend COVID-19 temporary protections next year.

The Department of Agriculture is making available $1.15 billion through USDA's Reconnect program to provide rural areas with highspeed internet. The department will start taking applications for grants and loans November 24.

Interest may be rising in the Legislature for modernizing California’s water rights system.

Sen. Feinstein has joined three valley representatives in urging state and federal administrations to delay implementing a new joint operating plan for water projects.

The Ag Council, winegrape growers and several business groups worried the actions will not come quickly enough.