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.
Already facing sharp curtailments in irrigation supplies, farmers in Northern California’s Klamath Basin are dealing with additional challenges after a cold and windy spring.
California growers continue to face labor shortages. A survey of 1,071 farmers and ranchers found 56% of farmers had been unable to hire all the employees they needed.
**The need for high-speed internet in rural America is getting increased attention from the White House and Congress as they look at passing a sweeping infrastructure initiative next year.
But rural communications carriers are trying to draw attention to a huge hurdle toward expanding rural broadband, a shortfall in financial help from the Universal Service Fund run by the FCC...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Harvesting the vast apple orchards of Washington state each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many work illegally in the United States.
That system could eventually come to an end as at least two companies are rushing to get robotic fruit picking machines to market...