analysis

News about the U.S. House of Representatives has focused obsessively about the debt ceiling deal. In its wake, a new...

Another candidate is itching to join the league of avocado exporters to the U.S.: Guatemala. The Central American nation regards...

I’m always fascinated when I come across one news story that dovetails with another from a different source. Over the...

At $28, an 80-count Russet potato market continues to be 60 percent higher than prior years. And unfortunately for potato...

The California water picture has gotten enormous amounts of attention from both the agricultural press and the general media, but...

Now that the debt ceiling deal negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ratified in the...

Groundwater depletion has been an acknowledged fact in California for decades, but for a long time it was stuffed into...

A Facebook friend of mine expressed some concern that Fusarium wilt will wipe out the familiar Cavendish variety of bananas,...

Happy Tuesday! We hope you avoided the worst of Memorial Day travel traffic, ate a fantastic barbecue, and took some...

I remember when the British electorate passed Brexit in June 2016. “Wow!” I thought. “Does that sound like a bad...

The big news of the day—at least in agricultural circles—is the long-awaited May 25 Supreme Court ruling in the highly...

One of the most confusing things about present-day dilemmas is that each solution to a problem leads to a different...

Watermelons, however delicious, do not come in the most convenient shapes. The traditional huge oblong watermelon is being challenged by...

The report, U.S. Potato Outlook 2023/24: After a Record-breaking Year, What Is in Store for US Potatoes? summarizes that U.S....

Bee lovers have been thirsting for some good news about these vital insects, which by one estimate pollinate a third...

The U.S. has a nearly 90 percent chance of seeing El Nino weather trends persist this summer. So what does...

Are you on the wagon? This has nothing to do with your alcohol consumption, which is none of my business....

Insider has run an article suggesting that Amazon could buy the supermarkets of which a combined Kroger-Albertsons chain would have...