I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. As settlers moved west across the Mississippi River, great expansion continued. Early farmers planted crops that supplied their families ...

CDPR is set to begin a reevaluation of paraquat dichloride, a powerful herbicide, in response to new state law AB 1963. The law, which went ..

CDC is calling for expanded testing of dairy farm employees after a recent study showed possible H5N1 bird flu infections among workers who ..

The Salton Sea Management Program announced the expansion of its Species Habitat (SCH) Project at the south end of the Salton ...

The USDA has allocated $85 million in grants to strengthen organic markets nationwide, with California avocado farmers among the notable recipients. This funding is part of the USDA’s Organic Market ...

Speculation has already begun on who the next Secretary of Agriculture will be when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. By the 1850s, the migration to the Midwest had become a great wave. Families camped at the Mississippi River, waiting their turn for ferry ...

The CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork (CDFA-F2F) has announced ....assistance programs, like WIC and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs ...

The Engine Technology Forum has called on California’s energy and environmental agencies to recognize renewable biodiesel and renewable diesel ...

While the election is now behind us, the future of the long-awaited Farm Bill remains in question. Farmers and ranchers have been waiting for the reauthorization of the bill for more than a year, ...

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1873, Fred Hatch, a farmer from Illinois, built what is believed to be America’s first variation of the modern silo, trying to figure ...

In a win for farmers, Sonoma County voters struck down Measure J, a proposal to prohibit Concentrated Animal Feeding ...