Trump announces $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers
The new financial aid package is expected to shore up the U.S. agricultural sector, which has been hurt by tariffs and a trade war with China.
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The new financial aid package is expected to shore up the U.S. agricultural sector, which has been hurt by tariffs and a trade war with China.
Unauthorized immigrants make up nearly 5% of the U.S. workforce, according to 2022 estimates, and a higher share in construction and agriculture.
Bird flu has spread to dairy cattle across the U.S., causing cows to produce less milk.
Climate change means wine could soon have a higher alcohol content — but spoil faster and smell worse.
Nearly 2 million farmworkers help put food on American tables today, but modern machines powered by AI could eventually replace many of them.
After drought and Texas' largest-ever wildfire, many farmers are facing a "total wipeout" that could force many to leave generations-old land behind.
While hepatitis A has not actually been detected on these products, the FDA is urging consumers "out of an abundance of caution" to return the recalled items for a refund.
When honeybees get sick with American Foulbrood disease, their hives must be incinerated, impacting the bee population and, in turn, the global food supply.
Customs and Border Patrol released the woman after seizing the giraffe and zebra bones.
Annual holiday feast is likely to see sharply higher prices for turkey and other traditional food items.
Agriculture agency proposes rules to force food processors to reduce salmonella bacteria found in chicken.
A small but influential court in Delaware could make it harder for the Tesla founder to wriggle out of $44 billion deal.
Manufacturers are again downsizing packaging in an effort to ease the hit from inflation. Are they going too far?
A process known as pyrolosis which involves superheating almond shells to create a recipe to help farmers grow crops in a more environmentally friendly way.
Bad growing conditions, lower prices, and scaled-back production are to blame.
Big Sugar and Big Corn face off in court this week in a bitter, multibillion-dollar battle of sweeteners that boils down to a mix of science, semantics and marketing.
Another imperative first has been accomplished in space, thanks to the crew on board the International Space Station.
Data show less than a third of the farmers, water districts and communities responded to the broadest conservation order for those with nearly ironclad water rights by the State Water Resources Control Board.
Minutes before the sun dawned on the coast of central California on Saturday, NASA looked to the skies, and launched a critical part of its Earth Sciences mission into Low-Earth Orbit.
As California remains in the midst of a tremendous drought, an Orange County farmer believes he may have discovered the farming method of the future after his crops began thriving while using much less water than usual.
A bill moving through the California Legislature is heating up the hot button issue of immigration reform.
The ubiquitous backyard citrus tree, symbolic of California's agricultural abundance, is front and center in the battle now under way to save the state's nearly $2 billion citrus industry.
The world's most destructive grain pest was found at LAX in a recent shipment of rice from Saudi Arabia for the second time this year.
A group of young volunteers are doing what they can to put a dent in the mounting hunger in Los Angeles.
Strawberries are still the top crop in Ventura County where agriculture revenues rose 14.5 percent last year to nearly $2 billion.
