food security

Despite water shortages and continued drought in 2021, California farms and ranches took in $51.1 billion in cash receipts, a 3.6% increase over 2020.

Negotiations continue on a new labor contract for the more than 22,000 workers at West Coast ports. Farmers are invited to submit nominations for the 2023 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest, co-sponsored by Purina.

Ag groups are reacting positively to President Biden signing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which will address the supply chain and shipping port issues hampering U.S. exports.

Citing widespread supply chain problems, four major farm groups are urging EPA not to impose new restrictions on herbicides.

Support for U.S. blueberry growers being heard to determine whether the domestic blueberry industry is being threatened with seriously injury by the influx of blueberry imports.

House Ag Committee Chair, David Scott of Georgia, says at the top of his list of priorities are food security, racial equality, the farm bill, and climate change.

The USDA, the EPA, and the FDA have announced the renewal of the joint agency formal agreement, including the Winning on Reducing Food Waste Initiative.

Nearly half of the farmers or ranchers supplement agricultural income with off-farm jobs, responded to a California Farm Bureau survey said they’d lost off-farm income due to the pandemic.

The House Republicans are working on a new farm bill after it was voted down. One of the areas that is being worked on is the legalization of Dreamers.

Whether it’s past achievements or bipartisan Senate support, at least one insider expects biodiesel and other advanced biofuels to continue their rapid growth. Founder and CEO of the government relations firm Playmaker Strategies, Larry Schafer is confident despite the fact the White House website archived all of the Obama administration's energy and climate change documents and posted President T