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The nation’s largest farm organization says it has “grave concerns” with proposals submitted to reform the federal milk marketing order system.

Scott Valley ranchers feel the governor’s recent executive order rescinding some drought provisions should not have kept them in a drought emergency.

Legislators are looking to fill funding gaps for climate-smart agriculture programs along with flood protection and climate resilience.

An international marketing campaign led by the California Table Grape Commission looks to retail promotion to increase export demand across 16 countries.

Justin Kosta has been tapped as the new director of sustainability for California Giant Berry Farms and Valent U.S.A. has named Kenneth Seebold as the director of field research and development.

USDA must decide how it will proceed on conflicting requests from dairy producers and processors to fix what each side sees as problems with the way producers and processors are compensated through federal milk marketing orders.

The legal fight over sulfoxaflor, an insecticide used on a wide variety of crops, is expected to enter a new phase as EPA tries to give itself enough time to complete endangered species assessments and environmental groups continue pushing to ban the product.

The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to give conservation uses of the land it manages “equal footing” with grazing, energy production, mining, and recreation, and to even allow companies to lease lands for environmental mitigation.

A race to save communities from flooding following winter storms has turned into a marathon as snowmelt begins to submerge parts of the Central Valley.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has reached an agreement with the California FAIR Plan to more than double its coverage limits for businesses.