USDA is forecasting farmers will plant 94 million acres of corn and produce a 15.76-billion-bushel (bb) crop while soybean planting will come in at 85 million acres and 4.45 bb.

Ambassador Greer on Thursday issued a statement following President Trump’s announcement of the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade with Indonesia, expanding Americans’ market access to the world’s fourth most populous country while eliminating tariff barriers on over 99% of U.S. products exported to Indonesia across all sectors.

The executive vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association says several producers are picking up the pieces after a devastating wildfire this week.

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, applauded today’s release of final 2025 trade data showing that U.S. exports of U.S. ethanol eclipsed the record set in 2024.

Farmers have difficult decisions to make in the next few months as they battle low crop prices and high production costs.

Time for certainty.

Invoking the Defense Production Act, President Donald Trump on Wednesday designated glyphosate-based herbicides and elemental phosphorus as critical to national defense and ordered Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to prioritize and secure domestic supplies.

As the United States prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) released a sweeping new report illustrating how far American agriculture has come—and how urgently action is needed to secure its future.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday announced proposed updates to federal line speed regulations in poultry and pork establishments operating under modern inspection systems.

An ag policy specialist says there’s a lot to unpack in the latest version of the new farm bill.

Warmer air spread through the country last week as the overall weather pattern started to change regimes. Over the weekend that process continued, which resulted in a big storm moving through the Western U.S.

Monsanto recently announced a proposed U.S. nationwide class settlement designed to resolve current and future Roundup™ claims alleging Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) injuries through a long-term claims program.

USDA would be required to develop a plan to incentivize production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel while also banning funds for most solar farms and studying the impacts of solar installation on farmland, under provisions of the proposed new farm bill in Congress.

An ag economist at Ohio State University says a new study shows farm safety net programs could be contributing to the industry’s economic downturn.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins recently announced U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has issued final Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) payments totaling more than $1.89 billion.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFD), an American food company and an industry leader in value-added packaged meats and fresh pork, Monday announced it has initiated the approval process to build a new state-of-the-art packaged meats and fresh pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The Senate Finance Committee examined the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Thursday, weighing its benefits and where changes may be needed.

Tyson Foods and Cargill agreed to settlements totaling more than $25 million with the state of Oklahoma in a long-fought lawsuit on poultry litter pollution into the Illinois River watershed.

Alongside President Trump in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) recently welcomed the announcement that U.S. beef exports will gain duty-free access to Taiwan under a new trade agreement. The agreement removes both tariff and non-tariff barriers, strengthening one of the most important and fastest growing markets for U.S. beef.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the USDA is taking its National Farm Security Action Plan to the next level.

Texas Corn Producers Association (TCPA) sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi on February 10, requesting a status update on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into fertilizer pricing and market concentration.

As the calendar moves into the final weeks of the meteorological December-January-February winter season, a look at soil moisture shows that, in many crop areas, there is some level of dryness in late winter.

The American Soybean Association (ASA), the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) and the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) announced today that the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) has allocated $16,845,357 in Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) funds to support the promotion of U.S. Soy in international markets during the 2026 program year (January–December).

The USDA has tightened the balance sheet for U.S. corn.

As the New World screwworm (NWS) has continued to spread north in Mexico, U.S. officials continue to do what it takes to fight the pest. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins was in Edinburg, Texas, for the grand opening of the sterile fly dispersal facility at Moore Air Base.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tuesday announced the enrollment periods for agricultural producers and landowners to submit offers for the Continuous and General Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

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