U.S. farmers were able to make good corn and soybean planting progress over the past week. That was despite several days of widespread rain in the Midwest, including severe weather in parts of the region.

On Monday, 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer, encouraging him to consider a rice-specific Section 301 investigation into nations that are unfairly harming our domestic rice producers.

The Farm Credit Council is among 338 agricultural organizations supporting swift advancement of Farm Bill 2.0, which was recently approved with a bipartisan vote by the House Committee on Agriculture.

An active storm track through the middle of the country has been able to bring some areas of the Midwest out of drought and reduce it for portions of the Southern Plains.

The farm bill could get a vote on the House floor before the end of April, but House Ag Committee Vice Ranking Member Shontel Brown says revisiting new state SNAP cost-share requirements should have been a “starting point” to securing broad Democratic support.

An ag economist with Ohio State University says the Iranian conflict is having an impact on U.S. ag trade around the world.

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on April 1, 2026. The inventory was 1% below April 1, 2025, USDA NASS reported on Friday.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Lieutenant General William H. “Butch” Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commanding general, Friday led the groundbreaking for the new sterile fly production facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas.

The USDA says it wants help from farmers as the department investigates soaring fertilizer prices.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told lawmakers Thursday she wants Congress to increase the $30 billion annual limit on Agriculture Department spending under a line of credit at the Treasury Department through the Commodity Credit Corporation, a wholly owned government corporation Congress created in 1933 to provide aid to farmers when needed.

The crop insurance planting dates have come and gone with barely a field planted for many farmers across Iowa in stark contrast to the last two springs.

An ag law specialist says the industry is still assessing how the U.S. Supreme Court’s tariff ruling could affect international trade.

Five of eight major fertilizers had sizable retail price increases compared to the prior month, four by double digits, according to sellers tracked by DTN for the first full week of April 2026. This is the third week in row these five have been higher. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

Several U.S. agricultural groups are urging the administration to expand existing investigations into unfair trade practices to cover agricultural commodities – or mount a new agriculture or commodity-specific trade probe.

Wednesday was the first Tax Day since H.R. 1, the Working Families Tax Cuts, was signed into law last July, and corn grower leaders are reflecting on the beneficial tax provisions included in the legislation.

Congress has multiple priorities to help farmers -- year-round E15, a full farm bill, and $15 billion in direct aid -- but lawmakers still lack a clear path to pass any of it despite bipartisan support and backing from key leaders.

National Farmers Union, American Farmland Trust, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition today led an agricultural coalition letter urging Congress to include funding for local and regional procurement of domestically produced agricultural products in any upcoming farmer economic relief package.

An overwhelming majority of America’s farmers who responded to a nationwide survey say they cannot afford to purchase enough fertilizer to get them through the year. The percentage who pre-purchased fertilizer varies significantly by region.

The president of U.S. Custom Harvesters says widespread drought is having a significant impact on operations.

The co-director of the Ag and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University says Congress is still talking about more farmer assistance.

A federal court ruled the multi-million-dollar settlements reached between the state of Oklahoma and poultry companies in the Illinois River watershed fall far short of the court's final judgment issued in December 2025.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and the Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC) Monday announced a new, three-year Nitrogen Soil Sampling Project that will conduct nitrogen soil testing for farmers in targeted areas upstream from the Des Moines metro.

Dry, cool conditions across much of Kansas are creating favorable environments for brown wheat mites, and one Kansas State University researcher says that it is prompting concerns for wheat producers as the growing season progresses.

An ag economist says President Trump’s 2027 budget proposal could impact several USDA programs that are needed by farmers and ranchers.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Friday issued the following statement following confirmation of the northern-most New World screwworm detection in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, only 90 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Attendees gathered Monday for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll which featured 40,000 real American-raised, hand-dyed eggs and 150 baby chicks.

A western Iowa hog farmer was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison last week on several counts including crop insurance fraud and theft of government funds after he was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2025.

As temperatures rise and people begin camping, fishing and farming, it’s more important than ever to be aware of the health dangers posed by ticks, says University of Missouri and Lincoln University Extension urban entomologist Emily Althoff.