How Climate Variability Threatens Corn Growers August 27, 2025 By Melina Walling and Joshua A. Bickel Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so...
California Farmworker Who Fell From Greenhouse Roof During Chaotic ICE Raid Dies July 15, 2025 A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility...
ICE Raids Derail Los Angeles Economy as Workers Go Into Hiding July 7, 2025 By John Gittelsohn Los Angeles was already struggling to revive its fragile economy after the most destructive wildfires in its history erupted six...
US Plans Texas Facility to Stop Flesh-Eating Cattle Pest June 19, 2025 By Gerson Freitas Jr. The US Department of Agriculture announced a plan to open an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to combat the...
Farmers Press Trump for Biofuels Boost to Counter Tariff Losses May 30, 2025 By Kim Chapman, Alicia Diaz, Erin Ailworth and Ilena Peng After losing their biggest export market due to Donald Trump’s trade wars, US farmers are now counting on the president’s...
Trucker in Crash That Killed 7 Farmworkers in Oregon Sentenced to 48 Years March 7, 2025 A truck driver who killed seven farmworkers when he crashed into a parked van on Interstate 5 in Oregon was...
US Health Agencies Cancel External Meetings, Travel After Trump Admin Directives January 24, 2025 By Julie Steenhuysen U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told...
USDA Halts Mexican Cattle Imports, Impacting Millions in Texas Livestock Industry January 13, 2025 By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune A single cow in Mexico and a pest the size of a housefly have held up pens full of Texas-bound...
Deep Freeze Will Send Some US Temperatures Plunging January 2, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Waves of intense cold will send temperatures plunging as much as 20F (11C) below normal across the central and eastern...
California Milk Output Down 9% in November on Bird Flu Outbreak December 23, 2024 By Ilena Peng California’s milk production in November plummeted as a bird flu outbreak spreads rapidly among herds in the country’s biggest dairy...