A new transgenic lime developed by USDA scientists can dramatically change the tint of your next margarita. Ready for purple? The NCBA voiced support to the Senate for the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act.
To help protect California’s $3.6 billion citrus industry from a new disease threat, ag officials want homeowners to sanitize their gardening tools before using them on citrus trees.
Highly contagious avian influenza has infected or killed wild and domestic birds in 29 states. Senate Ag Committee members heard from the beef industry regarding the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.
California farmers and their beekeepers are dealing with a troublesome phenomenon: bee thefts. The trend of beehive theft from orchards seems to resurface every year at pollination time.
It’s pollination time for California almond growers, and beekeepers are moving some 2.5 million honeybee colonies into California orchards to pollinate 1.3 million acres of almond trees.