The chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service expressed confidence that the agency could hire the staff it needs to handle a sharp increase in climate-related funding, despite many applicants for soil conservationist positions lacking a key job requirement – a class in soil science.

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell joined officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and the University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (UK-CAFE) in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $65.9 million Forage Animal Production Lab on UK’s campus.

Congress on Tuesday voted to overturn a new Biden administration rule setting tougher emission standards for heavy-duty trucks that would affect the costs of trucks for farmers and other industries.

There have been some reports of corn seedling burn with anhydrous ammonia application in the state.

Cargill is leveraging its unique position in the supply chain to pioneer its award-winning regenerative agriculture program in Europe. Building on two years of success in North America, Cargill RegenConnect™ will also expand from 15 to 24 states.

Long before the days of "climate-smart agriculture," farmer Dave Brandt was a no-till pioneer who reached stardom among his fellow farmers for his cropping practices and folksy way of explaining his 50-plus years of farming just outside of Carroll, Ohio.

U.S. corn and soybean planting and development remain ahead of average.

In a preprint, not yet peer-reviewed, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found that lab-grown or “cultivated” meat’s environmental impact is likely to be “orders of magnitude” higher than retail beef based on current and near-term production methods.

Areas within USDA’s Rural Partners Network are set to benefit from a wide array of federal programs as the department rolls out almost $400 million to address longstanding poverty in the regions.

The House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee has advanced a spending bill that proposes slashing USDA’s budget by nearly $9 billion.

Dan Glickman, the secretary of agriculture during the major crop insurance overhaul in 2000, says crop insurance should be the preferred method of risk management rather than a permanent disaster program.

A five-year-old or older beef cow from Tennessee sent for slaughter at a South Carolina processing plant has tested positive for an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

The American Farm Bureau Federation signed two more memoranda of understanding with two agricultural equipment manufacturers, AGCO and Kubota, providing farmers and ranchers the right to repair their own farm equipment.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday announced plans to roll out $3.7 billion in Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) assistance to crop and livestock producers who sustained losses due to a qualifying natural disaster event in calendar year 2022.

Results from this year’s Hard Red Winter Wheat tour show it could be the worst crop in 60 years.

Friday's USDA May 1 Cattle on Feed report will again be a wild card, especially when it comes to placements.

Former Rep. Charles W. Stenholm, a conservative Texas Democrat who was a leading architect of agricultural policy in the late 20th century and into the 21st, died unexpectedly Wednesday at his home in Granbury, Texas. He was 84.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a new species of tiny parasitic wasp that might prove beneficial to managing soybean gall midge, a recently emerged pest in Midwest soybean fields that can have devastating impacts on plant production.

After their legislation was included in the 2018 Farm Bill, the senators are teaming up again to deliver for farmers through the Facilitating Accessible Resources for Mental Health and Encouraging Rural Solutions For Immediate Response to Stressful Times (FARMERS FIRST) Act.

The EPA granted Corteva Agriscience and Adama US authorization in April to begin receiving returned shipments of chlorpyrifos-based products, after the agency canceled the insecticide's registration.

Stakeholders in the livestock industry are urging members of Congress to protect funding for animal disease prevention.

Summit Agricultural Group announces the creation of Summit Next Gen, a sustainable aviation fuel production platform that will revolutionize the global aviation industry by providing a scalable supply of low-carbon jet fuel.

A deal has been reached to keep Ukrainian grain exports flowing out of Odesa ports for at least two more months under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Purdue University is leading a $1.5 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub to help a highly diverse group of farmers and landowners in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa learn what practices will help them elude the worst effects of climate change.

As talks continue to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative beyond Thursday, USDA released a "dashboard" seeking to show the value of the region for food security.

The Supreme Court’s decision to allow California’s animal housing law to remain in place caused a furor in the pork industry and among farm-state lawmakers, who vowed to introduce legislation to overturn the ruling. But the ruling's impact also may be felt in the 25 other states that allow voters to craft laws through ballot initiatives.

Bunge (NYSE:BG) and Nutrien Ag Solutions, the retail division of Nutrien Ltd. (TSX and NYSE: NTR), announced today a strategic alliance and commercial agreement to support U.S. farmers in the implementation of sustainable farming practices that will help increase the development of lower carbon products. The initiative is expected to expand sustainable agriculture across shared supply chains in North America, bringing more whole-acre solutions to food, feed and fuel customers and end-consumers.

A bill introduced in the US House this week aims to level the playing field for corn starch ethanol.