Articles by Ed Maixner

Do AmericaPs farmworkers have a right to organize and bargain collectively? In some places, yes, but the answer is a moving target state to state. Ten states (see map) provide some level of assurance for farm laborers to organize. On the other hand, Idaho and Ma

Forget the dreadful campaign seasonps unqualified insults, condemnations and disavowals between GOP lawmakers and candidate Donald Trump: Republican leaders are pumped about prospects for tax reform.

The tempo of minimum wage increases and new overtime pay requirements is quickening coast to coast, spelling expensive implications for ag-sector payrolls.

After four years of withering drought in California, hope for a wetter, more fruitful future springs from a round of downpours across the states normally rainier northern half through October - the first month of its rain year. The skies have delivered, from 5

During the drought, California has survived largely on water collected in reservoirs from Sierra Nevada snow and rain in the fall and winter, and heres where that measure stands: Statewide reservoirs are at 80 percent of average water level, compared with 53 percent a year ag

Whether you are talking about roadways, broadband, rural hospitals or waterways, a diverse group of stakeholders are on the lookout for infrastructure enhancements that can keep American agriculture competitive and rural America more attractive for the next generation.

What might one day be called the Idaho Growers Almond Coup may be taking root in the Treasure Valley of southwest Idaho, where farmers successfully grow table and wine grapes, peaches, apples, nectarines and more.

Aligning calving season more with Mother Nature than to usual seasonal market price trends is gaining popularity among cattle management experts and cattlemen.

American diets are at a crossroads on the healthfulness of drinking whole milk and eating high-fat dairy products such as cheese, but lots of well-publicized new research suggests a big nutritional facelift for those products is in the making.

American dairy organizations, the International Dairy Federation, the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department and others are trying to put the brakes on a proposed World Health Organization guidance they fear will discourage governments, food aid groups, and