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Before and After Photos of Lake Oroville, Now at 100% Capacity
According to the DWR, storage at Lake Oroville has risen more than 240 feet and gained more than 2.5 million acre-feet of water since Dec...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 21, 20231 min read


USDA Announces $39M Table Grape Purchase
On Tuesday, the USDA announced a $39 million purchase of table grapes for nutrition and school lunch programs.

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 21, 20231 min read


Commodity Report Video for the Week of 6/19 - 6/23
Weekly pricing and market information on fresh fruit, dairy, beef, nuts, forage crops, interest rates, and more!

by Sean Haynes
Jun 21, 20231 min read




Challenge Butter and Lawry's® Introduce Snack Spread
U.S. farmer-owned butter brand Challenge Butter and Lawry's® are introducing a new butter-based, seasoned Snack Spread variety that will...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 19, 20232 min read


Vertical Farming Hits Fair Oaks Indiana
Vertical Acres, a produce company, invested $3.8 million to acquire 20 CubicFarms machines. With the help of CubicFarms’...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 19, 20232 min read


House Republicans Propose 60% Tax on Foreign Farmland Purchases
In order to protect U.S. farmland, House Republicans Jason Smith and Beth Van Duyne, have proposed a bill that would prevent foreign...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 19, 20231 min read


Tyson Foods Reports $97 million Quarterly Loss, 2023 Sales Outlook
Tyson Foods reported a second fiscal quarter net income loss of $97 million last Monday (May 8), a wide swing from net income of $829...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 14, 20231 min read


Is Lab-Grown Meat's Carbon Footprint Worse Than Conventional Meat?
Otherwise known as "cultured meat", lab-grown meat is created by taking stem cells from, for example, a cow, and placing them in petri di...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 14, 20232 min read
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