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JD Vance used Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate to defend Donald Trump’s tariff proposals. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s “opportunity economy.”

AB 1963 requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to reevaluate paraquat by 2029. Newsom said it falls in line with his plan to eliminate the use of certain pesticides by 2050.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation banning anyone in the state from participating in octopus aquaculture or sale of octopi harvested from aquaculture activities.

Jennifer Lind joined Church Brothers Farms as director of business intelligence and analytics. Rice Fruit promoted Alexandra Roberts to vice president of culture and compliance.  

The New England Produce Council announced new leadership positions: David Dearborn, Jodie Reardon, Scott Maher, and Lynn Perry. 

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are offering far different tax plans that would have significantly different impacts on agriculture and on federal budget deficits, according to analysts.

Georgia, the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee are facing severe damage from category four Hurricane Helene that made landfall in Florida’s panhandle Thursday flattening crops, destroying infrastructure and taking over 130 lives in the storm’s destructive path. 

Once-soaring land values appear to be softening in some parts of the U.S., a trend some rural bankers expect to continue as weaker-than-normal commodity prices and high input costs weigh on farmers’ bottom lines.

Some groups and state agriculture leaders are beginning to rethink food as medicine programs to better connect local agricultural systems with nutrition. 

Critics are worried the bill is a legislative overstep circumventing the Food and Drug Administration.