Sara Wyant

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service 2020 California Almond Subjective Forecast estimates California almond orchards will produce 3.0 billion pounds of nuts this year, up 17.6% from last year’s 2.55 billion-pound crop.

Consumer demand for fresh meat, pork and poultry sales is soaring, but as processing remains slowed or shuttered in many places across the U.S., you can expect shortages in some retail outlets as well as many grocery chains.

A new program created in the 2018 farm bill aims to help land-grant colleges and universities do more to help American Indian students.

The Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Policy Summit will be postponed to Sept. 21 at the National Press Club, for what will hopefully be a live, in-person event that follows appropriate federal guidelines.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidance to help facility operators and families properly clean and disinfect spaces.

Almost overnight specialty crop producers changed the way they operated by staggering work times, increasing shuttle transports, and providing educational training to keep employees safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The European Union and Mexico concluded the last outstanding element of their negotiations of a new trade agreement on Tuesday and plan to advance to the signature and ratification phases.

USDA is looking for solutions that address water reuse, water quality, air quality, energy and wildlife habitat as part of the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant program.

Pork producers across the country are struggling to find a place to take weaned piglets from finishing hogs as processing plants slow or shut down because employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

As Americans were first being told to practice social distancing and shelter-in-place last month, many farmers were trying to figure out how to reach consumers who used to come to their farms.