It is staffed entirely by UC Davis students and is the official campus newspaper.

The California Aggie was first published in 1915 as the Weekly Agricola after its approval by the Associated Student Executive Committee.

Students from UC Berkeley's paper, The Daily Californian, advised the Weekly Agricola during its beginning months.

[1] Initially, the Weekly Agricola was focused on both student news and farming-related topics.

The Aggie ceased production of its Friday issues in February 2009,[2] moved to a weekly format in 2013[3] to reduce operating costs, and was published online-only until September 2016, when it returned to a weekly print edition.