A passion for the beef industry and health care led Katie Biggins to add a new enterprise using a beef byproduct -- tallow -- to her family's already-growing ranch-to-retail beef business.

New World screwworm has been confirmed 197 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. This is the first reported case in Tamauliapas, and the northernmost active detection to date.

Humans and farm animals share a common affliction: Inflammation.

The USDA has announced the per-acre payment rates for the $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program.

(Washington, D.C., December 30, 2025) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, signed a Secretary’s Memorandum (PDF, 909 KB) that puts forth a focused effort to establish new priorities for future research and development activities funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to strengthen national security, protect U.S. agriculture, and support American farmers and consumers.

The latest Rural Mainstreet Index says farm and ranchland prices have reached their highest level since April 2024.

2025 was a roller-coaster year in Brazil coffee production. USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) estimates that this year's Brazil coffee production will total 63 million 60-kilogram bags, according to the latest semi-annual report from the FAS (dated Dec. 2, 2025).

The senior vice president of strategy and logistics with GROWMARK says the cooperative’s planned state-of-the-art biological crop input manufacturing facility is aimed at meeting the demands of one of the fastest-growing sectors in the industry.

Retail fertilizer prices continue to be mostly lower, according to prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of December 2025.

A crop insurance expert says growers can head into the 2026 season with increased confidence in federal coverage.

The last recorded outbreak of the New World screwworm (NWS) -- a parasitic fly that once devastated livestock, pets and wildlife -- in Oklahoma occurred in 1976.

A market analyst says she’s expecting the USDA to make little tweaks to the U.S. supply and demand picture in the January report.

An ag meteorologist says recent winter weather patterns could impact soil moisture levels across the Midwest heading into 2026.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture's John Lovett reported that "beef prices are projected to continue increasing as U.S. beef production declines with no signs of a cattle herd rebuild.

The Trump administration and 12 states asked a federal court to set a trial date in a crop-loyalty program lawsuit against Syngenta Crop Protection and Corteva, in a motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

A weed scientist at the University of Illinois says the first case of glufosinate resistance in waterhemp has been confirmed in the United States.

For many years, soybean oil and palm oil prices moved together, but since 2020, the close co-movement between soybean oil and palm oil prices has weakened. Prices now diverge more often and for longer periods.

Cattle producers have experienced highs and lows in 2025, with the highs continuing to be the market prices because of the historical low in the cattle inventory.

The U.S. ethanol industry is celebrating some milestones in 2025.

A market advisor says the U.S. dairy herd is too large.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is nearing the end of her first year leading USDA. We sat down with two former agriculture secretaries, Dan Glickman of the Clinton administration and Mike Johanns of the George W. Bush administration, to reflect on the top issues of 2025.

The outlook for the global potash (K) fertilizer market is much more positive compared to the nitrogen and phosphorus outlooks for 2026.

As the title implies, there is a right and wrong way to cut costs. The right way, from an economist’s perspective, is to cut costs only when the marginal benefits of doing so outweigh the marginal costs.

A market analyst says he expects on-going price volatility to continue in 2026.

U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel output has increased significantly in recent years and the outlook for future policy and production is strong

A drone retailer and custom ag applicator says new restrictions on foreign-made drones will not ground existing machines but will slow down expansion and raise prices.

As part of President Donald J. Trump’s unprecedented efforts to boost American agricultural exports, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) commitment to expanding and diversifying global market opportunities for U.S. agriculture, USDA will host six Agribusiness Trade Missions in 2026

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a special transit permit allowing reindeer to enter and exit the United States during Christmas Eve night, the agency announced.