Articles by Amy Mayer

Have you received a new mailer from USDA, asking for help on the next census?

When most food service across the country shut down nearly a year ago, $5 billion-worth of produce was suddenly stuck in the food chain.

Emily Rooney, president of the Agricultural Council of California, spoke with Agri-Pulse about an unexpected coalition that helped bring about the 2019 California safe drinking water law and why the issue is important to agriculture.

California continues to lead the country in vegetable production although planted acres dropped in 2020.

Ag businesses have faced various challenges from the pandemic, from commodity surpluses to shipping woes.

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.

CDFA has been asking farmers and ranchers for ideas on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing biodiversity.

A new study finds that food and ag workers are among those suffering the most deaths from COVID-19.

Water is now being traded on the CME Group's new index, but some California water managers and market observers are less confident the futures contract will offer much benefit.

A new study on USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program suggests the initiative could be tweaked to better aim its benefits to small- and mid-sized farmers as well as minority- and women-owned operations.