An ag meteorologist says May will start out cool and wet for much of the Corn Belt.

May is Mental Health Month and the American Farm Bureau Federation is encouraging all farmers and ranchers to reach out to their neighbors.

Alfalfa weevil eggs have started hatching in southern Nebraska. As temperatures warm up, expect to see alfalfa weevil larvae throughout southern Nebraska and slightly later, in northern Nebraska.

E15 sales will continue this summer, as the Biden administration granted a waiver Friday to a Clean Air Act provision that shuts off those sales starting on June 1 for summer ozone concerns.

A key House lawmaker defended the tightening of work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as a way to reduce federal spending, in an interview on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today is issuing an emergency fuel waiver to allow E15 gasoline — gasoline blended with 15% ethanol — to be sold during the summer driving season.

For the first time in 34 years, Iowa farmers will begin paying a portion of their grain sales to the state's indemnity fund beginning on July 1.

An ag economist says negotiations to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative have stalled.

The World Bank projects that agricultural commodity prices will drop 7% this year and likely fall again in 2024, providing some relief from global food inflation.

Kansas State University and Scoular are partnering to create a renewable fuel market for oilseed on the Great Plains, which will provide new opportunities for Kansas farmers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the official kick-off of the implementation phase for projects funded through the $3.1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities effort.

Farmers representing commodity groups called on lawmakers to improve the safety net in the next farm bill as the House of Representatives kicked off debate early Wednesday afternoon with a bill to cut spending on federal programs.

House Republican leaders on Wednesday narrowly won approval for their bill to raise the debt ceiling while also slashing federal spending and expanding SNAP work requirements.

Agricultural producers and landowners with certain expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts can receive additional rental incentives and extend that land’s role in conservation for another 30 years.

Insignum AgTech® and Beck’s have signed an agreement to test Insignum’s innovative corn traits in Beck’s elite varieties. The companies will collaborate to cross the trait into proprietary Beck’s genetics for field-testing in 2023 to evaluate commercial viability of the traits.

A new bill introduced in Michigan would allow farmers enrolled in the state’s farmland preservation program to rent land to commercial solar operations.

Under pressure from Midwest Republicans, GOP leaders in the House of Representatives conceded to strip a few key biofuel tax credits from their debt-limit bill, setting up a potential vote on the bill as early as Wednesday -- if the votes are there.

The Environmental Protection Agency is forming a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel to review proposed label changes for atrazine later this summer.

Farmers Business Network has launched Norm, the agriculture industry’s first artificial intelligence agronomic adviser.

Weaker economic growth is beginning to take a toll on global pork consumption. Despite early signs that the worst of the inflationary impact may have already passed, the lagged impact on consumption is likely to be felt throughout 2023.

After months of work from National Farmers Union (NFU), Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU), PIRG, and Right to Repair advocates around the country, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural Equipment Act (HB 23-1011).

Just two generations ago, it seemed like everyone either lived on a farm or a ranch, or they knew someone who did. But today, as the number of farm operations, and even acres used for agriculture, continue to fall, that connection is fading.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has named Manjit K. Misra as its new director.

Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare systems in Houston and Salt Lake City will provide veterans with fresh fruit and vegetables as well as nutrition coaching to test whether produce prescriptions can improve the health of people with diet-related health conditions.

Farmers did make some corn and soybean planting progress last week.

To stay financially solvent, many people follow a monthly budget. One component of that is a weekly meal plan to make sure their nutritional needs are being met. In much the same way, beef producers also need to balance the rations for the cowherd.

Senate Republican Whip John Thune sees expanding work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as a way to cut the cost of the nutrition title in a new farm bill.

A monthly survey of rural bankers in the Midwest reflects a steady farm economy despite some headwinds.