The economic outlook for farmers in San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced counties remains generally positive with sustained growth across several key commodities, though there are headwinds in the form of prices, production costs and trade uncertainty.
Denis Hoey was fresh out of college and learning to make wine in California’s Santa Cruz mountains when he had a sudden realization: this would be…
On December 21, 2024, Congress passed the American Relief Act (ARA) of 2025, authorizing economic assistance to producers and disaster assistance to farmers facing losses from