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New Year's Regulations: Prop 12 Takes Effect... Kinda
Government officials, they’re just like us: treating pesky deadlines as mere suggestions. Proposition 12 , a law affecting pork...
Jan 7, 2022
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California Dreamin' [Of More Snow]
Major winter storms might have rampaged through the U.S. recently, but California is seeing the sunny side. The storms left behind...
Jan 4, 2022


Stenon's Stocking Stuffed with $20M
Santa was good to Potsdam-based AgTech company Stenon this year: its stockings were stuffed with $20M in its Series A funding round. ...
Jan 4, 2022


Droppling Like Fli... err, Hazelnuts
A decision to cut interest rates and a resulting currency crash in Turkey is making hazelnut farmers and Nutella lovers very nervous… ...
Jan 4, 2022


Bird Flu Deja Vu
European governments are grappling with an explosion of bird flu that’s hitting everywhere—from backyard flocks and bird sanctuaries to...
Dec 21, 2021


We're Sensing A Trend
We’re sensing new agricultural companies poised to help the future of agriculture technology. And we’re not pretending to have a ...
Dec 17, 2021


California in Confinement Crosshairs
It's a regulatory tug-of-war. Animal welfare advocates have sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for not having...
Dec 10, 2021
Land 'O Modern Broadband
For our readers living in the country, butter your buns and get ready for broadband because Land O' Lakes is on a roll. Butter...
Dec 7, 2021


Movers & Shakers: Scott Stump with the National FFA Organization
Scott Stump believes in the future of agriculture…like, really believes in it. So much so that this past summer, he was selected to serve...
Dec 6, 2021


Movers & Shakers: Amie Osborn of First Farmers Bank & Trust
Amie Osborn never could have predicted her path when she stepped into her first agriculture class in high school. The California native...
Nov 29, 2021


India's FarmDash Platform
Indian farmers have something much better than Amazon Prime. It’s a fast-growing, agritech platform startup called DeHaat. And it does a...
Oct 29, 2021


Vilsack Hugs It Out With Mexico
It’s time for some music to corn growers’ ears : After recent farm visits between USDA Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and Mexican Secretary of...
Oct 26, 2021


Climate Change & Farming, Cabernet-Style?
Higher temperatures. Less water. Wildfire smoke. Climate change is getting the wine industry a little buzzed. Temperatures are an...
Oct 26, 2021


Ecto Goes Fishing, Catches $7M
Ecto has o-fish-ally raised $7M in its Series A funding round—led by Rabobank’s venture fund and Aqua-Spark, with new investor...
Oct 19, 2021


Deere Deal Down; Picket Signs Up
Add Deere & Co. workers to the growing labor movement happening in the U.S.—one that’s getting more and more extensive by the day. 90%...
Oct 19, 2021


Fewer Bunches of Oats
Oatmeal lovers are quakin ’ in their boots. With record-high temperatures and drought across the northern oat-growing states, there’s a...
Oct 15, 2021


Small Pistachios, Big Yields
California pistachio growers are pleasantly surprised with their harvest this year. Though the nuts be but little, the acreage was fierce....
Oct 15, 2021


Foreign Flags on U.S. Farmland
Is it old news yet that around 40% of farmland is owned by non-operators who are non-local investors like Bill Gates? More than a hop,...
Oct 12, 2021


What's the Plan, Sta... Katherine?
The “top-to-bottom” review of the U.S.-China trade policy ( cringe ) is finally complete… and it only took eight months. After an...
Oct 8, 2021


GrapeTech Is Crushing It
Southwestern French wine growers were hit hard this year with devastating frosts and blistering heat. But for Pierre Escudie, his...
Oct 8, 2021
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