Articles by Spencer Chase

There are growing concerns in some quarters of agriculture about the use of environmental justice concerns in regulating farmers.

Three projects are splitting more than $650,000 in grant funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture to help the state’s producers better understand methods to improve their nitrogen and irrigation management.

College students interested in agriculture will be able to take advantage of a new partnership between a pair of key organizations interested in developing future leadership for the industry.

Rep. David Valadao and 11 of his fellow California Republicans – including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – are bringing one of their previous pieces of legislation to address water needs in the state back to life in the new Congress.

Automobile manufacturers were complementary of the federal government’s approach to expanding the nation’s biofuel mandate to allow for the inclusion of electric vehicles.

California groups are welcoming a congressional investment in research to fight a citrus disease that has ravaged other parts of the country.

State Farm Bureau leaders say a new “Waters of the U.S.” rule from the Biden administration could have outsized impacts on producers in California, echoing a chorus of alarms from national agricultural groups over the rewrite.

The nation’s producers ended 2022 on a high note as improved financial standing lifted the spirits of farmers and ranchers across the country.

Three U.S. agencies are joining forces on a new five-year, $15 million effort to address hunger and malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries.

American pork exporters will have more time to send product to Philippine partners at familiar tariff rates following the December extension of existing duties rather than a potential increase.