Agriculture News

Washington and Oregon cherry growers will be able to export sweet cherries to Japan more quickly under a new inspection protocol approved by that country Thursday.

Mark Parkinson will be getting the traditional governora TMs tour of the Kansas winter wheat harvest.

New Delhi, July 2 : The 'dream budget' that people are expecting is unlikely to materialise, says the research arm of global rating agency Moody's. In a statement released Thursday, it also said delayed monsoon would further dampen India's growth this year, and that the government's divestment policy would not be sustainable.

Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

The World Bank has approved US$50 million IDA credit to Pakistan to improve water resource management and enhance agricultural productivity in Sindh province.

Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to be in northwestern Pennsylvania to discuss ways federal stimulus funding can be used to expand broadband access to the Internet for rural areas that aren't served by faster connections.

Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department.

A California-based poultry company that recently took over a closed Louisiana processing plant with assistance from the state says it will not extend contracts to all of the plant's former growers.

You've heard of the swine flu -- but now the Department of Agriculture has approved a vaccine for the canine flu.

An El Nino weather pattern that could bring drought conditions to Australia's farmlands is "very likely" this year and could be officially declared within weeks, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday.

Crews trained to fight wildfires from around Louisiana are heading to east Texas to help the Texas Forest Service with wildfires.

Summer is in full swing, and South Carolina's agriculture officials want to make sure you're safe when grilling outside.

Virginia farmers planted a record low 12,000 acres of peanuts this year. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said the acreage was recorded after an early June survey conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

President Barack Obama's administration has made two U.S. Department of Agriculture appointments affecting Wisconsin.

IT 'S A VEGETABLE SEASON IN NORTH DAKOTA AND WE 'VE GOT A SPECIAL GUESTS ARE THOMAS IN NATO AND HE 'S NOT GOING TO SAY TOO MUCH BUT SUE BALCOLM IS THE LOCAL FOOD MARKETING SPECIALIST WITH THE NORTH DAKOTA PARTNER AGRICULTURE AND SHE 'S GOT A LOT TO TELL US TODAY INCLUDING THE LOCAL FOODS INITIATIVE THAT % HESITATION IS IS FULL SWING AS WELL ...

In this April 18, 2008, file photo Vietnamese workers process fillet from catfish at the Faquimex company in BenTre province, situated in the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.

The European Commission achieved the near-impossible today - praise all round for putting wonky fruit and veg back on supermarket shelves.

This June 1, 2009 photo shows Jeff Trosen, right, and his son, Broc, working to free a stuck combine in a field of corn north of Arvilla, N.D. The Trosen's have nearly 1,200 acres of unharvested corn left and are hoping for drier conditions for planting soybeans where possible.

Deere & Co. said Tuesday about 800 salaried workers have decided to leave the world's largest farm machinery maker under a voluntary separation program.

Plainview Milk Products Cooperative is voluntarily recalling a number of dairy products due to possible Salmonella contamination, but said on Monday there had been no reports of illness related to its product.