Delegates from Canada, Australia, and California’s Department of Food and Agriculture visited the booth of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at COP30 to highlight the critical role of soil health in sustainable development.

Both the U.S. pork industry and the California Department of Agriculture are focused on a smooth transition and avoiding product shortages for consumers as the state implements regulations requiring all pork sold in the state to be from breeding animals ...

The report, "Contributions of the California Dairy Industry to the California Economy, 2023 and 2024," reveals the powerful ripple effect of California dairy farming and processing across the state's economy with direct, indirect, and induced economic output of around $87.5 billion in sales in 2024 alone.

California urgently needs to improve its soil. Better soil produces healthier food, but it also holds more water—a boon for a wildfire state with depleted groundwater. Better soil also holds more carbon, making it an effective tool to combat the climate ...

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the Almond Board of California and the California Department of Food and Agriculture will be hosting a high-level trade delegation from Morocco June 22-28. This inbound trade mission, organized ...

Based at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center near Fresno, UC Cooperative Extension specialist Houston Wilson and his team develop integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for some of California’s most valuable agricultural commodities.

Eleven years after a disease that kills citrus trees was discovered in Southern California, the number of infections is rising — but experts and researchers are still fighting it. In Southern California, the disease has hit Orange and Los Angeles ...