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Researchers at the University of California, Merced, are turning to drones and NASA satellite technology to quantify water use in the Central Valley.

Landowners told the USDA they’ll take 1.7 million acres out of the long-term Conservation Reserve and put it back into crop production, betting on profits from sky-high commodity prices.

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association welcomes the introduction of bipartisan legislation to improve the marketing environment for cattle producers.

The U.S. is falling behind dairy competitors in both the European Union and New Zealand in enacting new, bilateral trade agreements.

The fresh-produce business has shown resilience in response to pandemic-related swings in demand, according to a University of California professor.

Still more crops are being included to the list of those covered by the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. The list of newly added crops includes aquaculture products.

The USDA is offering contracts for its massive food box program to companies that were passed over in the first round of contracts for technical errors.

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.

By mid-May, the USDA plans to begin shipping food boxes to food banks through a new program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in China. The California Prune Board, for example, will not take a delegation of growers to China and Hong Kong to promote trade.