"We don’t drink that water. I don’t use it for cooking." ...

PLANADA, Calif.—David Rodriguez learned to swim in the canals near his childhood home in the 1960s, back when orchards of figs, peaches and almonds encircled his neighborhood. Before the area around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dairies say USDA aid kept them afloat as bird flu hit milk supplies, but critics say it perpetuates risky industrial farming.

The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in over 700 herds of dairy cows in California, the largest dairy-producing state in the U.S. A study published in PLOS ...

California dairy groups warn a proposed groundwater order could impose unworkable costs and accelerate farm closures.

The country’s biggest producer of raw milk has seen its sales grow exponentially to more than $30 million, despite the health risks of forgoing pasteurization. With RFK Jr. nominated to lead HHS under ...

The federal government has paid California dairy farms more than $230 million to subsidize losses in milk production resulting from bird flu, records show, an amount that the dairy industry expects to ...

Milk SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dairy Council of California has launched Farm-to-You: Milk, a new educational resource designed to help students explore milk’s journey from ...

The federal government has paid California dairy farms more than $230 million to subsidize losses in milk production resulting from bird flu, records show, an amount that the dairy industry expects to ...