University of California-Berkeley shows adding low-cost ethanol to the nation's gas supply improves energy security and saves the average American household more than $750 annually.
Fresh-market vegetable crops in California, Florida, and Mexico were hit with a variety of bad weather events this year that reduced supplies and contributed to higher shipping-point prices.
California citrus growers and marketers say the current navel orange crop looks promising in volume and quality, one season after one of their smallest crops in years.
The Imperial Irrigation District, which delivers Colorado River water to farmers in the Imperial Valley, has joined other California water agencies in offering to take less water from the river from 2023 to 26.
In the 10 years from 2012 to 2021, increases in retail food prices ranged from an average of 2.4% a year in Honolulu, HI, to 0.9% in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Farmers and ranchers in California’s Russian River watershed are likely to see continued restrictions on irrigation supplies this year. The state plans to revise its emergency drought regulations next month.