House Republican leaders gave up trying to pass the fiscal 2024 Agriculture funding bill ahead of the August recess after they were unable to satisfy demands from a band of hard-line conservatives who are seeking deeper cuts in spending.

On Thursday, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association member and Missouri cattle producer Charlie Besher testified before the House Natural Resources Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee in support of the Black Vulture Relief Act.

Hot, dry weather has increased the risk of hay fires on Midwest farms this season.

Stepping into the director role, Laura Greiner is ready to guide Iowa State University’s Iowa Pork Industry Center in its efforts to maintain the state’s standing as a leader in advancing animal agriculture.

An extensive heat ridge has spread across the United States this week with unseasonably hot weather.

The agriculture real estate market entered a period of de-escalation beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022. The market experienced a reduction in both sales volume and value growth since that time, as interest rates increased, and inflation pressures became more apparent.

Lawmakers are about to break for their August recess with just two months to go before some programs in the 2018 farm bill expire, and not even a draft of the new legislation is in sight. But the stakes for not passing a fresh farm bill on time may be lower this year than in the past.

Halfway through its pilot run, Don Close, chief research & analytics officer with Terrain says the USDA’s Cattle Contract Library, is providing producers with the transparency they wanted.

PepsiCo and Walmart on Wednesday announced a 7-year collaboration to pursue $120 million worth of investments focused on supporting U.S. and Canadian farmers in their pursuit to improve soil health and water quality.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to bar investors from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from buying U.S. farmland and require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review land purchases by investors from any other foreign country totaling more than $5 million or 320 acres.

Cattle producers are continuing to fight against burdensome regulations.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that USDA is expanding access to health care for more than 5 million people living in 39 states and Puerto Rico as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

After its introduction in the Senate last month, Tuesday a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Reps. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) and Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.) introduced the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Accuracy Act in the U.S. House.

Environmental Working Group is touting six farming practices in the Corn Belt the group says could greatly reduce nitrous oxide emissions in crop production.

The White House says it will veto an appropriations bill that cuts USDA and Food and Drug Administration funding for fiscal year 2024.

EPA has released a draft strategy addressing the impact of herbicides on federally endangered species in a bid to streamline legally required — but often lengthy — consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

As cell-cultured proteins continue to advance, cattle producers want to make sure there is truth in packaging.

After improving the past few weeks, the national corn condition rating held steady last week, and soybean conditions fell slightly, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.

Many gardeners were surprised this summer when their jalapeno plants began producing an unidentified yellow pepper.

The USDA decided Friday to proceed with a hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing Order system.

All cattle and calves in the United States on July 1, 2023, totaled 95.9 million head, 3% below the 98.6 million head on July 1, 2022, USDA NASS reported in its biannual Cattle Inventory report on Friday.

This summer, global temperatures soared on July 4, reflecting one of the hottest days recorded on Earth, according to climate data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Average global temperatures were approximately 63 degrees Fahrenheit — one of the warmest days in 125,000 years.

A federal appeals court says it doesn’t have jurisdiction over a challenge to dicamba registrations brought by soybean and cotton growers, leaving the herbicide's fate in the hands of a pair of district courts entertaining somewhat differing lawsuits.

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) was honored with the National Corn Growers Association’s 2023 President’s Award during the organization’s annual Corn Congress summer meeting in Washington, D.C.

It has been a relatively active and calm period in the Corn Belt during the last several weeks. This pattern is about to change again, toward one of more heat and less-frequent precipitation for next week.

Russia says it would return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative with Ukraine if certain conditions are met, but an ag economist says that isn’t likely to happen.

The director of the Congressional Budget Office on Thursday pushed back against concerns that its analysts are taking too long to deliver farm bill cost estimates to the House and Senate Ag committees and said it wasn’t practical to add staff to deal with the legislation.

U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Zach Nunn (R-IA), and Deborah Ross (D-NC) introduced the Genome to Phenome Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023, which would support continued research at Iowa State University to increase crop yields – particularly corn – while keeping costs low for Iowa farmers and producers.