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Plant-based food is a hot market, but plant-based meat alternatives are not, according to a recent study by Deloitte Insights.

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.

The federal appeals court set a 60-day deadline for the EPA agency to either ban agricultural use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos or set newer and safer exposure levels for the chemical.

The AFBF wants USDA’s NASS to improve transparency and better embrace emerging technology in making crop estimates, determining ag census numbers and other ag reporting.

Three-quarters of U.S. farmers say they’ll vote for President Trump in the upcoming presidential election, despite trade disruptions, grain prices and farm bankruptcies.

Beekeepers across the U.S. lost nearly 41% of their honey bee colonies from April 2018 to April this year. From The survey from the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership.

**A new report by USDA says while honeybee populations increased slightly from last year, it’s not a true reflection of colony stresses beekeepers are overcoming. USDA statistician Joshua O’Rear says while honeybee colonies increased three percent in April over last year, fluctuations throughout the year are trending negative...

**EPA will extend the deadline to meet requirements of its new farmworker protection standard until guidance and training materials are ready to help states implement the changes. The EPA’s Wendy Cleland-Hamnett did not specify a new deadline for compliance, but NASDA and other farm groups have repeatedly asked for an extension until at least Jan...

A landmark Senate agreement on national disclosure standards for GMO foods would allow companies to disclose GMO ingredients through digital codes rather than on-package language or symbols. The Colorado Corn Growers Association, National corn growers and many others applauded Senate Ag Chairman Pat Roberts ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan for their agreement that will address the grow

Beekeepers have filed a lawsuit against the EPA for not regulating seeds treated with neonicotinoids. The group of commercial beekeepers, growers and environmental activist claim neonics should be regulated as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act...