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Watermelons, however delicious, do not come in the most convenient shapes. The traditional huge oblong watermelon is being challenged by...

The report, U.S. Potato Outlook 2023/24: After a Record-breaking Year, What Is in Store for US Potatoes? summarizes that U.S....

Bee lovers have been thirsting for some good news about these vital insects, which by one estimate pollinate a third...

The U.S. has a nearly 90 percent chance of seeing El Nino weather trends persist this summer. So what does...

Are you on the wagon? This has nothing to do with your alcohol consumption, which is none of my business....

Insider has run an article suggesting that Amazon could buy the supermarkets of which a combined Kroger-Albertsons chain would have...

Of late much of the media conversation about water use has focused on California, but Texas, with its own multiyear...

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has recently updated its fact sheet on the agricultural economy of South Africa, the largest...

On May 11, 35 members of Congress sent a letter to agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to press Japan...

In their video Week in Review for May 12, my colleagues Greg Johnson and Pamela Riemenschneider discuss an op-ed piece...

Disease is bound to affect any industry that involves plants. One of the most dramatic instances in the twentieth century...

The House Agriculture Committee is inviting public comments on the 2023 farm bill, which is due to replace the current...

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has announced that he will introduce legislation to bar the federal Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program...

I contacted Ian LeMay, currently president of the California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA), to congratulate him on his new appointment...

Big news this week. Green beans are extremely tight on both coasts, and prices are being pushed to a ten-year...

By Richard Smoley I’m no genius at figures, but . . . Something seems to be wrong with a recent...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia at Okanagan (UBCO) are working on technology to cut back on food waste...

With obesity currently at a rate of 36 percent in the American population, public health authorities are increasingly targeting junk...