farms and ranches

Discover how California farmers are coping after historic storms and analyzing impact on crops and orchards.

The American Farm Bureau Federation and other ag and business groups are suing federal agencies over the new “waters of the United States” rule.

Despite water shortages and continued drought in 2021, California farms and ranches took in $51.1 billion in cash receipts, a 3.6% increase over 2020.

The value of all U.S. exports has grown at an average annual rate of 6% since 2002 and reached a record high of $1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2021.

Data from USDA’s Economic Research Service shows the number of U.S. farms continues a slow decline. After peaking at 6.8 million farms in 1935, the number of farms and ranches fell sharply through the early 1970s.

Ag groups are reacting to the EPA’s proposed rule to replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, and they’re not happy saying it would re-establish the pre-2015 WOTUS rule.

**The American Coalition for Ethanol has outlined regulatory reform priorities it wants for the EPA. Executive Vice President, Brian Jennings says their top priority will be for the EPA to revise emission standards to allow E15 and higher ethanol blends to be sold year-round...

**EPA’s conclusion that glyphosate is “not likely” to cause cancer in humans has received a mixed review from a scientific review panel. According to the report, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel “was split...