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Orange production in Florida has been dwindling for years thanks to the scourge of the Asian citrus psyllid. Last year, the industry also suffered a blow from Hurricane Irma. But there's a hint of optimism this year.

The hot conditions that helped spark deadly wildfires in California are also taking a toll on the state’s citrus crop. The sweltering heat is causing lemons to ripen prematurely,

California’s drought is worsening, and blazes have charred more acres in the first six months of this year than they did in the same period in 2017, a year that ultimately set records for destruction and deaths.

The Republican version set for a House vote on Friday contains so many unpalatable provisions that lawmakers from both parties are racing to dramatically rework the $867 billion bill to keep it from going down in defeat.

America’s love of the pistachio will be mostly spared from any fresh sanctions against Iran, a major world producer of the nut.

Despite globalization of e-commerce, many shipping lines still rely on the "paper trail" to track cargoes.

The world’s largest retailer will now let shipments of food and other products arrive at regional distribution centers one day early, a reverse from Walmart's previous stance.

President Donald Trump told lawmakers he is considering rejoining the Asia-Pacific trade pact he withdrew from shortly after taking office.

Russia is remaking home-grown agriculture following Pres. Putin's ban on certain food imports in 2014 -- in retaliation for sanctions imposed by the European Union and the U.S. over Russian incursions in Crimea.

The American cranberry industry is one of the biggest losers so far in the escalating trade dispute between the European Union and the U.S.

Brexit would lead to an unprecedented food shortage if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal, the CEO of the country’s second-biggest grocer said.

Like U.S. producers, British farmers are increasingly worried about a labor shortage.

The Agriculture Department has begun talking with grocery retailers about their potential role in a proposal to replace some food-stamp allocations with prepackaged boxes of groceries.

The Agriculture Department has begun talking with grocery retailers about their potential role in a proposal to replace some food-stamp allocations with prepackaged boxes of groceries.

Trump Farm-Bill Outline Emphasizes Work as a Food-Stamp Goal

Trump's Draft Public Works Plan Asks Cities, States to Pony Up

Trump Again Demands a Wall as Lawmakers Chase Immigration Deal

Orange-juice futures in New York are heading for a 15th straight day of losses, the worst rout in records back to 1967.

China Has Its Own Apple Launch That's Nothing to Do With IPhones

Florida growers set to collect smallest crop since 1945.

Shipping Costs are Surging Globally, Squeezing Grain Traders

This year’s U.S. Atlantic hurricane season is officially the most expensive ever.    

Cranberries might be a staple on Thanksgiving tables, but a glut of U.S. supplies has gotten so large that fruit could be headed to the compost pile.        

Food Fight Breaks Out Over Fresh Fruit-and-Vegetable Packaging

The world may produce the least wine this year in half a century,

California is using diesel brewed from fats and oils to fuel everything from fire trucks to United Parcel Service Inc. delivery vehicles.

Florida Orange Crop Seen Plunging to 71-Year Low After Irma

Florida's Orange Crop at 76-Year Low Crushed by Hurricane Irma

Icahn Sees Biofuels Fight Deepening as Refinery Losses Mount (1)

China plans to treat more waste from livestock breeding to improve its rural environment and reduce agriculture pollution in the world’s top pork producer.

Solar power, once so costly it only made economic sense in spaceships, is becoming cheap enough that it will push coal and even natural-gas plants out of business faster than previously forecast.

Trump says his immigration crackdown won't hurt agriculture. We'll see.

President Donald Trump’s pledge to create 25 million jobs in a decade already faces obstacles ranging from a tight labor market to an aging population. His immigration policy raises the hurdles even higher.

The high temperatures mean fruit trees are waking up early.

Britain's farmers rely on foreign workers to pick strawberries and raise chickens. Brexit puts that model at risk.

Across America’s orchards and crop fields, a shrinking supply of migrants has already driven pay up faster than in the broader workforce. President Donald Trump’s immigration policy may turbocharge that trend.

Decline of immigrant labor has spurred agricultural automation.

IFAD’s chief says continent needs vibrant agriculture sector.

Howard Buffett won’t stand for re-election at April meeting. He will continue to work on his foundation focused on agriculture.

“They tend to be really good hard-working people. I would love to see them have a path to citizenship.”

Number found working illegally nearly triples in three years.

It's time to have a conversation about flatulent cows.

Already hurting from weak milk prices, curbs on movement of labor from other countries could ravage the British dairy industry.

Nearly half of small businesses that tried to fill jobs in the second quarter reported that they had few or zero qualified applicants for those positions, according to the June NFIB Small Business Optimism report.

Mark Diederichs wiped a splatter of manure from his arm as four Hispanic workers guided the next 44 cows into stalls, swabbed each animal’s teats with neon-blue disinfectant and attached computer-controlled milking-machine units.

The death of meaningful U.S. immigration reform, done in by Washington partisanship and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s incendiary comments on foreigners, is leaving crops withering in the field and the farm lobby with nowhere to turn as a labor shortage intensifies.

Siemens AG will trial a technology that turns wind power into ammonia gas, a product that could clean up pollution from the fertilizer industry.

Headlines about the Massachusetts restaurant closing once again sent Chipotle’s sales plunging.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.’s food-safety crisis has brought an unwanted milestone to the beleaguered restaurant chain: its first quarterly loss as a public company.

Chipotle says sales were down 26 percent for February and that it expects to report a loss for the first quarter as it works to recover from a series of food scares.