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With just 350 cows, and a couple dozen hogs and sheep, Tom Richards and his family ranch are struggling to compete with larger companies and major beef cattle states.

Grapegrowers and winemakers are beginning to invest in new grape varieties that promise resistance to Pierce’s disease.

The California Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are trying to head off passage of a bill that would set up an agency to set labor standards for quick-service cafes and restaurants.

The recently enacted climate law could provide $745 billion to $1.9 trillion in benefits to the nation through 2050 from the reduced  impacts of climate change, according to an analysis by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Dole Fresh Vegetables has brought on Kim St George as the new vice president of sales for the company's western region and Brett Champlin has been promoted to vice president of harvest for Tanimura Antle.

A California superior court judge has ordered CDFA to suspend a program for controlling invasive pests and diseases.

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that Colorado River water shortages had passed a threshold that will require unprecedented water cuts in Arizona and Nevada, but a multi-state consensus on future cuts remains elusive.

The Legislature could set stronger protections for farmworkers during extreme heat along with new PPE requirements when wildfire smoke blows into the valley, as climate change looks to intensify these natural disasters.

California is doubling down on its spending for new satellites to capture images of methane leaks. But the dairy sector is taking a backseat on this space mission, according to some sources.

Environmental groups are pushing the California Air Resources Board to limit the usage of crop-based biofuels as it considers how to update, and perhaps accelerate, the goals of the state’s successful Low Carbon Fuel Standards program.