Vietnam has signed a memorandum of understanding with several U.S. agribusinesses to boost trade opportunities.

The pork industry suffered one of the worst economic years on record in 2023. As producers now grapple with the uncertainty of tariffs, we speak with Kevin Stuckey, sow unit manager at Cooper Farms in Ohio, Chris Ford, VP corporate swine lender at Farm Credit Services of America and Oklahoma Pork Council Executive Director Kylee Deniz to get a pulse on the animal health, labor and economic challenges facing the industry.

A member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) who was fired from his post in March vowed to keep fighting market concentration and corporate power in agriculture and other industries -- but cautioned against political interference within the FTC as well.

Today, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) released the updated Dairy Delivers® report, reaffirming the U.S. dairy industry’s immense contributions to the nation’s economy and quality of life for American families and communities.

Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, warned senators on Wednesday farmers could face a mental-health crisis if trade wars aren't resolved by the time of the fall harvest.

With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known as a challenging place for farming. But a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence of intensive farming by ancestral Native Americans at the Sixty Islands archaeological site along the Menominee River, making it the most complete ancient agricultural site in the eastern half of the United States.

The Swine Health Information Center is monitoring recent outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease in Europe and the Middle East.

Due in part to a sharp decline in shipments to China, April exports of U.S. beef and pork trended lower than a year ago, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

The benchmark of world food commodity prices dropped in May as marked declines in international quotations for maize and palm oil outweighed historically high prices for butter and bovine meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Friday.

The House of Representatives’ advancement of H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” marks a significant step toward restoring longer-term certainty for farmers and ranchers after a series of short-term extensions of the 2018 farm bill.

USDA delayed the release of its quarterly Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade report last Friday and removed the accompanying analysis because of internal concerns by the department's political appointees over an increase in the trade deficit, Politico reported Wednesday.

Financial leaders are urging the U.S. House Ag Committee to support bipartisan legislation to create federal regulations for digital asset markets.

At the 2025 World Pork Expo today, leaders from the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) delivered a clear message: the pork industry’s future will be strengthened by a united, proactive approach to advocacy.

The National Oilseed Processors Association and Corn Refiners Association released a statement following incorrect and misleading comments from Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary.

Farmers would have a harder time getting Conservation Technical Assistance under USDA's 2026 budget proposal, which would slash free, voluntary expert guidance by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff.

Legislation that would bring whole milk and 2% milk back to school meal programs easily passed the Senate Ag Committee with bipartisan support.

Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, citizens of the People’s Republic of China, were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, and visa fraud, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr.

Influenza A(H5N1) viruses have been detected in US dairy cow herds since 2024. We assessed the pathogenesis, transmission, and airborne release of A/Michigan/90/2024, an H5N1 isolate from a dairy farm worker in Michigan, in the ferret model. Results show this virus caused airborne transmission with moderate pathogenicity, including limited extrapulmonary spread, without lethality.

Farmer sentiment in May climbed to its highest level since May 2021 as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index reached 158, 10 points higher than in April.

The 2025 wildfire season in Canada is off to an explosive start after a very warm and dry winter and spring. Published reports as of late Sunday, June 1 show more than 170 active wildfires in Canada, mainly in the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

At a time when so many farmers and ranchers are facing razor-thin margins at best and considerable losses at worst, congressional action – or inaction – on tax policy will be a make or break in farm country.

Good scouting is the best way to identify tar spot in corn, says University of Missouri Extension state plant pathologist Mandy Bish.

The president and CEO of R-CALF USA is requesting a federal investigation into a suspected false report that New World screwworm was detected in the U.S.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island nations as the only regions on Earth that remain free from the H5N1 strain.

The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a rare G4 severe geomagnetic storm alert for June 1-2, after the storm strengthened and reached G4 conditions.

Senate Republicans will spend the coming weeks trying to agree on changes to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. We asked Clinton and George W. Bush administration ag secretaries, Dan Glickman and Mike Johanns, about how reconciliation elements may change in the Senate and the fate of the traditional rural-urban farm bill coalition

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is partnering with the Farm Credit Council for the launch of a new mentorship program called On Deck. The program connects seasoned grower leaders with young and beginning agriculturalists to build NCGA’s roster of champions.

The CEO of CoverCress says work continues to develop future markets for the company’s commercialized version of pennycress.