Fourteen states plus New York City and the District of Columbia brought a federal complaint Thursday over a new work requirement for food stamps that opponents say will strip benefits away from 700,000 Americans.
Read moreItalian police said on Wednesday they had dismantled a massive Mafia operation in Sicily that had been defrauding the European Union of millions of euros in funds destined to farmers.
Read moreThe Center for Food Safety sued Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in federal court, claiming his rollback of food-safety inspection regulations at pig-slaughtering plants will result in dangerous pork products.
Read moreA federal court in Washington revived a lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture brought by the American Anti-Vivisection Society and the Avian Welfare Coalition. The animal rights groups challenged the department’s failure to issue regulations on the handling of birds used for research.
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Every January, some 650,000 people – nearly the population of Denver itself – visit the city to remind it that it’s still just a cow town.
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One of America’s oldest and most recognized dairy producers, Borden Dairy, announced it is filing for bankruptcy, making it the second dairy dynasty to do so in as many months as consumption of milk continues to decline.
Read moreA federal judge denied Monsanto and BASF Corp.’s motion for summary judgment in a product liability suit accusing it of creating an “ecological disaster” by releasing a dicamba-tolerant seed with no corresponding dicamba herbicide.
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The nondescript building on an industrial site near Kyoto gives little hint to the productivity inside: 30,000 heads of lettuce grow here daily, under artificial light and with barely any human intervention.
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Two Northeast farming groups brought a federal complaint Monday over a new law in New York, set to take effect Wednesday, that allows workers to unionize and earn overtime pay.
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With an attentive eye, Henrique Almeida watches a technician carefully open a hundred cocoa pods, while another worker on the plantation collects samples in bags to check whether the batch conforms to the “South Bahia” geographical indication.
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From Beijing to America’s farm belt, skeptics are questioning just how much U.S. farm goods China has actually committed to buy — and whether U.S. farmers will be able anytime soon to export goods there in the outsize quantities about which President Trump has boasted.
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Brazil’s wine production is far smaller than that of Argentina or Chile, but the southern part of the country is a sort of oasis for grape production owing to its cool climate and favorable growing conditions.
Read moreFarm Sanctuary et al. sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court, claiming a final regulation, the Slaughter Rule, will allow nearly all of the pigs slaughtered nationwide to be slaughtered quickly, with little federal oversight, posing risk to animal welfare, and consumer health and safety.
Read moreTo stabilize the legal marijuana market and boost California’s coffers, a report issued Tuesday recommends that the state consider major changes to its tax framework, including scrapping a cultivation tax for a potency-based scheme.
Read moreA California almond grower claims the Solano Irrigation District’s mismanagement of an irrigation killed 24,000 to 35,000 almond trees by flooding, in Solano County Court.
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Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year’s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River surged through two levees near his southwest Iowa farm.
Read moreThe National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation sued California in federal court, claiming voter-approved Proposition 12 of 2018, on pork sales, “has thrown a giant wrench into the workings of the interstate market in pork.”
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Increased temperatures in colder months as a result of climate change have one surprising upside – increased rapeseed crop yield, according to a study published Thursday.
Read moreThe Stop QIP Tax Coalition sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture in superior court, claiming its Quota Implementation Program for dairy farmers unlawfully gives an advantage to certain companies.
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Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day, but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy. Now scientists have figured out how to pack a month’s supply into one capsule.
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