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Animal rights activists have turned to county fights after gaining no traction in the Legislature for banning confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

The rollout has been met with litigation, technology hurdles and the collapse of a high-profile deal, while niche industries like grain and feed providers feel unfairly targeted and will be impacted first.

A county judge is siding with environmentalists in an ongoing lawsuit over dedicating freshwater flows from the Kern River to protecting fish populations.

CDFA has announced a grant to the Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES), which will be used to support a new pest management approach.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis have released a study highlighting why red wine can give some people headaches.

The California Avocado Commission has named two employees as co-executive leaders of the organization and former BLM director Neil Kornze has moved to K Street to be the senior vice president of Cassidy and Associates.

The Food and Drug Administration is encouraging consumer vigilance to limit the impact of a Salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupe consumption across more than 30 states and Canada.

A surge in e-commerce has diversified local ag economies but added new impacts to tax revenues and vulnerable communities.

The unprecedented effort has faced steady blowback from environmental, sportfishing and tribal interests, while state agency staff have raised potential roadblocks to its success.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, alongside the State Board of Food and Agriculture, is initiating the first of five public listening sessions to help define the term “regenerative agriculture" and also announced $35 million to support greenhouse gas reductions for dairy and livestock operations.