The director of the Soybean Innovation Lab says the Trump administration’s decision to cease funding for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) projects will hurt soybean farmers.

U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01), Rick Crawford (AR-01), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), David Rouzer (NC-07), and House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson (PA-15), alongside Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and John Hoeven (R-ND), introduced legislation to move the administration of the Food for Peace program from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) expressed serious concerns about the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s so-called scientific report in comments filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) are standing up for families and fighting to reverse changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process that could reduce or even eliminate access to need-based student aid for farm families and small business owners.

Last week, I discussed the active pattern then and forecast for this week, noting how the La Nina-influenced pattern was favorable for multiple pieces of energy to produce storm systems across the country.

U.S. soybean farmers are urging USDA to resume processing of payments to farmers and grant recipients under contracts made by USDA under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program (PCSC).

A livestock economist says there is a lot of volatility in the cattle markets ahead.

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump signed proclamations to close existing loopholes and exemptions to restore a true 25% tariff on steel and elevate the tariff to 25% on aluminum.

The impacts of Nebraska 4-H are being celebrated in February following a proclamation by Gov. Jim Pillen.

President Trump’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative says support for biofuel producers would be a priority if he’s confirmed.

Tomorrow, USDA will release its February Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports

Trade has been top of mind for farm country this week as President Donald Trump imposed and delayed tariffs on the country’s top trading partners. Former Ag Secretaries Dan Glickman and Mike Johanns, USDA leaders during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, discuss the impact of enacted and potential tariffs.

Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Angie Craig (D-MN) last week led nearly 30 colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to recently confirmed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Tim Boring recently celebrated Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Executive Budget Recommendation, which supports the department’s ongoing focus on economic prosperity, regenerative agriculture and diversifying agricultural production across Michigan.

Mexico is formally repealing its genetically engineered corn import ban.

USDA forecasts climbing farm income in 2025, but it's due to a dramatic increase in government payments, not better prices or a higher volume of sales.

The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) was named in 2022 as a recipient of a Midwest Climate Smart Commodity grant courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The popular CattleFax Outlook Seminar, held as part of CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, Texas, shared expert market and weather analysis.

U.S. consumers are facing a prolonged period of higher egg prices that will likely extend through the Easter holiday and well into 2025.

Top farm group officials say the threat of potential tariffs is already impacting the ag industry.

Passing a comprehensive five-year farm bill, supporting programs that encourage growth throughout the agricultural value chain, and blocking harmful policies that restrict market access at home and abroad.

The last several months have seen a big improvement in drought conditions over the eastern Midwest.

National Farmers Union (NFU) today announced support of the American Beef Labeling Act (ABLA), introduced by Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.).

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has criminally charged Keith Schaefer in Stearns County District Court with one count of felony racketeering and four counts of wage theft in excess of $5,000. Schaefer owns and operates Evergreen Acres Dairy, LLC.

The Senate Finance Committee Tuesday advanced the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), by a vote of 14-13.

China is planning to implement new tariffs on agricultural equipment next week as part of its retaliation to new U.S. duties.

Most average retail fertilizer prices were higher than last month during the fourth full week of January 2025, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. For the first time in 17 weeks, two fertilizers saw significant price increases, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more.

While it is easy to glance over incoming challenges, the renewable fuels industry must face those hurdles head-on and not let change deter the destination. That was the message from the 2025 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit where Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw told the audience, “If our desired destination is Fuels of Opportunity, then we must beware of letting anyone take the wheel who only looks in the rearview mirror.”