Articles by Bill Tomson

Heavy rains and snowfall in the West hold out the prospect for a bountiful 2017 for California agriculture, but farm groups and meteorologists are still hesitant to declare victory over the drought that has gripped the state for five years.

It became clear by the end of the summer that there was no possibility to conclude negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) in 2016 or even 2017, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Tuesday.

Donald Trump, Sean Spicer, avian influenza, Jack Shere, New World Screwworm, Adam Putnam, Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation, farm bill

Donald Trump, Brian Klippenstein, Carrie Castille, Lance Kotschwar, Russell Laird, Stephen Vaden, Robert Engel, Charles Grassley, Bill Northey, Barack Obama, Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation, China, Canada, Mexico

Pregnant women, new mothers and their children would benefit from more fish, fruit and vegetables in their diets and less milk, juice and peanut products, according to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Is Mexico sneaking tons of refined sugar across the border, disguised as raw product? Some U.S. refiners believe so and the issue promises to be an early test for the incoming Trump administration.

The Agriculture seat in Donald Trump0s cabinet will be one of the last top positions filled, but the vacancy isn0t expected to last much longer. It seemed last week that Trump would choose a Texan for the position 0 he interviewed former Rep. Henry Bonilla, Elsa Murano&

President Barack Obama today announced the creation of two new national monuments, ensuring the protection of 1.65 million acres of federal land in Utah and Nevada.

Forecasters widely expected colder than normal temperatures to persist in the Pacific Ocean in the first half of 2017, bringing about a phenomenon known as La Nina, but those predictions are not being realized.