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A handful of strawberry varieties developed at the University of California-Davis show enough promise that some growers believe they will be the varieties of tomorrow in the state’s Santa Maria and Watsonville/Salinas

Scorpions generally aren’t life-threatening arachnids, but, for a Maryland couple who found one in a bag of spinach mix, they can be startling.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Columbia Marketing International is expanding its organic Daisy Girl apple line this season, said Steve Lutz, vice president of marketing.

The president of Argentina on April 18 celebrated the departure of the first U.S. bound lemons in 17 years from the country’s Tucumán citrus growing region.

My wife said she stopped to pick up our favorite deli chopped salad from a local grocer last night.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on the Republican-crafted 2018 farm bill after the House Agriculture Committee moved it out of committee along party lines.

What is the level of ongoing consumer concern about the E. coli outbreak linked to chopped romaine from the Yuma region?

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

With iffy Democratic support, the race is on to pass a farm bill this year.

Early coverage of the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from the Yuma region is rolling in.