Farmers enrolled in the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (MAWQCP) have higher profits than non-certified farms, according to a recent study by the Minnesota State Agricultural Centers of Excellence. This marks the fourth year of data highlighting improved financial outcomes.

The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities that will help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country.

A key Senate lawmaker says the ongoing debate about raising the debt ceiling and a lack of farm bill legislative text should not prevent lawmakers from getting the 2023 bill done on time.

Maintaining emissions-control systems on tractors and other ag equipment is at the heart of the right-to-repair national dispute between agriculture equipment manufacturers and some farmers and independent repair shops.

Despite rain in some key growing states, farmers were still able to make solid planting progress this past week. There is more rain in the forecast in parts of the US for the upcoming week.

Feeder and fed cattle prices have continued to rise throughout the first part of the year. Reduced cattle supplies and relatively stable beef demand have helped support higher prices.

The Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee says President Biden is committed to supporting and passing the 2023 Farm Bill on time.

The Congressional Budget Office is increasing its cost projections for farm bill programs due to lower estimates for some future market prices.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has selected Ashley Hagenow of Poynette as Wisconsin's 76th Alice in Dairyland.

The Chicago Fed says farmland values increased 10 percent in the first quarter, but the rate of increase is softening.

Arlen Foster, a farmer from Minor County, South Dakota, lost in his appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday in his ongoing battle with USDA on a wetlands determination made over three-tenths of an acre on his farmland.

California's controversial Proposition 12 stands, as the Supreme Court on Thursday sided with the state and the law that prohibits the sale of pork in the state not produced according to California's production standards.

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has raised its already record large corn and soybean production estimates.

When it comes to Title III of the farm bill, lawmakers need to prioritize strengthening USDA’s Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program, witnesses told lawmakers at a hearing hosted Thursday by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually.

A newly-developed technology will allow farmers to test exactly how much nitrate is in a plant.

A humanitarian and peace activist who has spent more than 25 years restoring agriculture in former conflict zones has been named as the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate.

Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee pressed USDA deputy secretary nominee Xochitl Torres Small Wednesday on how the department can streamline the delivery of its programs and better support underserved producers.

Bipartisan legislation to scale back the Conservation Reserve Program is being introduced in the U.S. Senate.

Citing the February toxic-chemical derailment in Ohio, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill placing more safety requirements on railroads.

Welcoming the first cohort of students in fall 2024, Dordt will offer an Agriculture Service Technician program as part of the dealer partnership between AgriVision Equipment and Dordt.

Beth Ford, CEO of Land O'Lakes, said Monday agriculture needs "transformational funding" when it comes to research to address areas such as water needs for food production.

Congressional Republicans who opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, the main funding mechanism for President Joe Biden's climate policy, would like to move the IRA's funding for climate-related farming practices into the farm bill, which could permanently boost funding for conservation programs.

In 2023/24, corn will continue to be king when it comes to area planted, though we expect soybeans to steal the throne in the coming years in order to meet future soybean oil demand for renewable diesel.

March exports of U.S. pork were the largest since May 2021, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). While below last year’s high volume, March beef exports were the largest since October.

Three lock and dam systems on the Illinois River will close for upgrades beginning June 1st.

The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee is defending Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack's usage of the Commodity Credit Corp. account and says Congress should "absolutely not" impose new restrictions.

It should come as no surprise to anyone in the beef business that a new bill in favor of reducing federal regulations for small meat processors is the source of major disagreement between key industry groups.