…36% increase in exports in 2024. The conversation also touched on the difficulty of switching crops and the importance of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable energy in California’s agricultural market….
Scholarship Offers Opportunity for Vineyard and Winery Workers’ Families
…children of California’s vineyard and winery workers, helping them pursue higher education at trade schools, community colleges, and universities. The program is available to high school seniors or recent graduates…
Western Agricultural Processors Association has Rebranded
DepositPhotos image The Western Agricultural Processors Association has rebranded to the Western Tree Nut Association (WTNA) to better represent and advocate for all stakeholders in the tree nut industry, including…
China Hits Back at U.S. Tariffs, Retaliates Against Canada
…China has escalated its trade retaliation, this time targeting Canada. In response to U.S. tariff hikes, Beijing imposed tariffs on more than $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food…
Farm Groups Call for Science-Based Decisions on Key Ag Products
DepositPhotos image More than 300 agricultural, food, and environmental organizations have urged federal leaders to rely on sound science when evaluating products essential to farming and food production. The coalition…
Drought Coverage Picture for Crops and Commodities
…end drought coverage, D3 and D4, concentrated primarily in the western U.S. In terms of translating this to agricultural crops and commodities covered in drought across the contiguous 48 states,…
Ag Economy Barometer Rises in February
…their farms and in the U.S. agricultural sector. Despite the big improvement in the Current Conditions Index, the February Future Expectations Index was still 22 points higher than the current…
AgNet News Hour Wednesday, 03-12-25
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour. In this episode of the AgNet News Hour, hosts Lorrie Boyer and Nick Papagni discuss various agricultural topics, including citrus…
Consumers Concerned About Tariffs and Rising Food Prices
…China have heightened worries about rising prices. According to the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey, most consumers—regardless of political affiliation—expect tariffs to drive up food costs. Among Democratic respondents,…
Introduction of the Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act
…Industry Association, and others. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for the third year in a row, the U.S. has projected to run the largest agricultural trade deficit in…
Senators Urge Trump to Reconsider Tariffs
…who rely on agricultural trade. The tariffs on China and Canada, they argue, will hinder farmers’ ability to sell their products, drive up production costs, and place an added financial…
Rollins Supports President Trump’s Border Security and Mass Deportation Policies
…mass deportation policies despite concerns about labor shortages in the agricultural sector. Rollins assures farmers that the administration understands their challenges and is working on expanding the H-2A migrant labor…
USDA Ordered to Reinstate Over 5,000 Probationary Workers
…accepted buyouts. These figures are part of a broader restructuring of the 2.3-million-member federal civilian workforce. Probationary workers generally have less than a year of service in their current positions,…
American Agriculture History Minute: Michigan Becomes a Top Agricultural Producing State in Many Commodities
Old Mission Peninsula, North of Traverse City, Michigan DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Michigan Becomes a Top Agricultural Producing State…