An ag meteorologist says livestock will experience extreme cold stress through the weekend as Winter Storm Fern moves across the U.S.

The president of the National Corn Growers Association vented farmers' frustrations Thursday after learning House leadership not only prevented year-round E15 from being included in a must-pass funding bill, but instead created a council of House members charged with reexamining the Renewable Fuels Standard and helping oil refiners.

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) along with senior committee member John Hoeven (R-ND) led a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging the department to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres prevented from being planted.

The H-2A program continues to grow, with 13,358 more positions certified in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024-September 2025) than fiscal year 2024. This marks the first year in program history that over 400,000 workers were requested, highlighting the continued domestic labor shortages American farmers and ranchers face.

The House is expected to advance a funding bill today that omits language that would allow consumers across the country to access fuels with a 15% corn ethanol blend, often referred to as E15.

An ag economist says the need for government payments will keep growing if policymakers don’t support avenues for new corn demand.

The USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation says the department is on track to deliver relief payments to row crop farmers next month.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced the launch of the New World Screwworm (NWS) Grand Challenge to help combat and prevent the pest from spreading farther north.

The USDA-Economic Research Service (ERS) December update to Commodity Costs and Returns provides a comprehensive look at per-acre production costs for the nine principal row crops: corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, barley, oats, peanuts and sorghum. At a high level, ERS projects average total costs per acre to increase for every crop in 2026, underscoring the persistence of elevated production expenses across U.S. agriculture.

The January 2026 edition of the NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor examines how tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) affected agricultural input markets during 2025, with a particular focus on fertilizers.

A package of funding bills assembled by House and Senate appropriators that needs to pass before the end of January does not contain any more aid for farmers despite a push by some lawmakers.

The CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America says revisions to a bipartisan bill advancing year-round E15 would benefit other renewable fuels.

Agriculture ministers from more than 60 countries meeting at the 2026 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) agreed that addressing water scarcity and competing uses requires placing agriculture at the core of water policy and governance.

As we approach the midpoint of the 2025-26 meteorological winter season (December-January-February), the drying influence from a warm December is showing up in the greater Mississippi River basin. December 2025 ranked as the fifth-warmest December on record for the contiguous United States.

Nearly 60 state and national farm groups are asking for Congress to pass immediate economic support for both row crop and specialty crop farmers.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today unveiled the Lender Lens on the Rural Data Gateway.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday it will hear a Bayer Roundup case that could bring product-liability lawsuits to a close on the glyphosate-based weed killer.

There are mixed opinions among House Agriculture Committee members on a farm bill timeline.

While beef is still king of U.S. fresh meat sales, chicken has blown away the competition when it comes to cart space.

House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders traveled to California for the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention where the group agreed ag labor is one of the top issues they hear about.

Congress has quickly engaged in putting together potential aid packages for farmers that would more than double the Trump administration's $12 billion under the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program.

The head of Minnesota’s Department of Agriculture says the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is affecting ag labor in the state.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY.), alongside American farmers and industry leaders with the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, urged Congress to provide certainty for America's hemp farmers following a press conference on Capitol Hill.

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Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) unveiled the framework of the Farm and Family Relief Act with Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee at a press conference on Capitol Hill.

Dairy groups rejoiced as President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Whole Milk for Health Kids Act into law.

The CEO of the American Coalition for Ethanol says Congress must act on nationwide year-round E15.

Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 107th Convention have adopted policies to guide the organization’s work in 2026. Key topics ranged from labor to animal health to risk management.