The U.S. Department of Agriculture is putting more than $8.4 million to work for American farmers and ranchers, with a new round of export funding that could prove especially meaningful for California, the nation’s largest agricultural exporter and home to a wide range of the specialty crops at the center of the investment. What Was Announced On April 2, 2026, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service announced the funding through three programs: the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program, the Emerging Markets... Read More
With the June primary closing in, two Republican candidates for governor sat down with Josh Rogina on The Toast podcast and spoke directly to the concerns of California’s farming community like water, regulations, labor, and the cost of doing business in a state that seems to be working against them. Ask any farmer in the Central Valley what keeps them up at night and you will hear the same short list: water they cannot count on, regulations written by people... Read More
