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USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released a preliminary grape crush report for 2020.

Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to the Fresno fairgrounds on Wednesday to announce the eventual launch of a mass vaccination site.

Democrats forced a $16.1 billion agriculture stimulus plan through the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday, brushing aside Republican assertions that a provision providing debt relief for minority farmers was far too broad and could face legal challenges.

The panel charged with addressing farm and food policy in the House of Representatives is adding four new Democrats and bringing one more member with previous experience back to the committee.

Beef producers can achieve feed efficiency gains of about 5% by using Enogen corn, a new lifecycle assessment released by Syngenta Seeds and the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center (UARC) has found.

DPR remains committed to implementing a new pesticide notification system backed by environmental activists.

Fruit growers can expect to see a continued rise in costs due to water, labor, pests, food safety and trade.

Coastal cities and farming regions can maximize supplies by teaming up. And it could help with critical infrastructure funding and upgrading water trading policies.

Despite a widespread invasion of Southern California by the host insect for citrus greening, the San Joaquin Valley has been able to beat back the bug.

Picking California’s citrus crops typically involves a single worker per tree, a naturally socially-distant practice that has lessened the pandemic’s impact on harvests.