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.
Farmers and analysts alike expected milk prices to suffer from COVID-19, but what started as a price drop estimate of 6% has quickly become much darker.
More vineyards will be removed in California this year, as farmers and wineries work to correct an imbalance of their inventories in supply and demand.
The technology is getting better for lab-grown and plant-based protein companies working on different traits including flavor and potentially boosting protein content.
Virulent Newcastle disease has been confirmed in a commercial chicken operation in California. The facility is now under quarantine as APHIS evaluate the birds.
Romaine lettuce is under scrutiny after reports of E. Coli outbreaks linked to Arizona's Romaine crop, causing five deaths and nearly 200 people to fall ill.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service fills a few leadership positions. The all wheat yield is projected at 46.8 bushels per acre, up slightly from 2017/18.