Agriculture

California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has implemented a statewide ban on dairy cattle and poultry exhibitions to help contain the spread of H5N1 avian influenza. The ban will stay...

In its filing to the Supreme Court, the DOJ said it expects to succeed, in part because the law’s “requirements fall comfortably within Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause to...

On a Friday morning in late September, the students in Naʻau ʻŌiwi gathered in Māhukona on the North Kohala Coast of Hawai’i Island to build beehive boxes.  The apiary they...

Resourceful farmers love to share their tips, tricks, and innovations, and there’s no better showcase of that innovation than these ideas submitted to All Around the Farm in Successful Farming...

Courtesy of UC ANR News  Growers invited to discuss young almonds, pistachios, walnuts, olives, citrus and peach orchards starting Feb. 18 To help growers manage irrigation and nutrients for young...

The Modern Ag Alliance, a coalition of agricultural stakeholders that advocates for U.S. farmers’ access to the crop protection tools, has appointed Elizabeth Burns-Thompson as its first executive director.  Burns-Thompson...

On December 12, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) released its long-awaited proposed decision to designate the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species...

Malathion, a commonly used pesticide for both agricultural use and home gardening, has had a long and widely disputed history. First approved for use in 1956, it increased in popularity...

This story originally appeared on Reasons to Be Cheerful, and is reprinted here with permission. When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest...

Winter storm Blair rolled through the Great Plains and parts of the Corn Belt over the weekend, dropping significant snow in Missouri and Kansas, while Oklahoma received ice storms. Areas...