Associated Press

**Despite occasional slowdowns caused by rain, California rice farmers have had good weather for planting their 2020 crops, but acreage may be less than estimated, as some water districts have restricted irrigation supplies.
Farmers have also struggled with reduced availability of a key fertilizer, b…

Avocado marketers say they weathered a couple of "very stressful" weeks after stay-at-home orders took effect, but since have seen retail sales recover.

A second Senate resolution for “Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling” was introduced last week, but R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard is disappointed it’s taking so long.

The pandemic's economic impacts include a drop in home construction and timber sales. One California sawmill operator says he’s had to cut production in half as a result.

The “phase one” agreement that de-escalated the China-U.S. trade war calls for China to greatly expand its purchases of U.S. food, ag and seafood products this year and in 2021.

A lawyer for the state said some inmates had already been released and face masks have been given out.

California Canning Peach Association saying retail demand for foods such as canned peaches and pears have seen demand leap during this pandemic has been "unprecedented."

Sanders used strong polling and solid fundraising — collected almost entirely from small donations made online — to more than quiet early doubters

The vines are budding for 2020 winegrape crops, and the wineries alter their marketing practices to accommodate stay-at-home protocols that have closed tasting rooms.

A Mason County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a 32-year-old woman after police say she tried to run the deputy over with her vehicle.