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The U.S. Department of Commerce has agreed to reduce the some of the U.S. duties on biodiesel shipped from Argentina, and that has U.S. soybean farmers upset.

The Assembly and Senate held a joint hearing on wine and the California wine industry looking at market trends and future challenges.

As the executive director of the California Farm Water Coalition, Mike Wade educates the public and policymakers on how California’s greatest water issues are all intertwined.

Rabo AgriFinance promotes Jelacich and California Governor Gavin Newsom announces appointments.

During a two-day California tour, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue promoted the USMCA and fielded a range of questions from frustrated farmers.

The land-grant university administrators charged with educating the next generation of agriculturists could probably earn more in the private sector or leading a trade association, but at least one earns more than $400,000.

An insurance policy created to help diversified operations, specialty crop growers and small farms better manage their risk has slipped in popularity over the past two years, but advocates say a series of changes USDA is making in the program could reverse the decline.

The Farmers for Free Trade campaign is encouraging legislators across the country to pass a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement favoring farmers.