Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on April 1, 2023. The inventory was 4% below April 1, 2022, USDA NASS reported on Friday.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is proud to announce the expansion of the National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC) to include a new pilot class focused on nitrogen management.

Syngenta Crop Protection and Biotalys (Euronext – BTLS) today announced a collaboration to research, develop and commercialize new biocontrol solutions to manage key pests in a broad variety of crops. The new solution will be based on Biotalys’ AGROBODY technology and will offer a new mode of action to broaden farmers’ access to novel technologies that counter the threat of pest resistance and advance sustainable agriculture.

Senate Agriculture Committee members plan to take a closer look at foreign ag land ownership in the United States.

Sharp interest rate increases slammed the brakes on farmer borrowing, according to a quarterly survey of bankers conducted by the Kansas City Federal Reserve.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday defended a proposed Bureau of Land Management rule that gives conservation uses of the land it manages “equal footing” with grazing, energy production, mining, and recreation.

This week, Representatives Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), Joe Courtney (CT-02), and Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) introduced the Young Farmer Success Act, a bipartisan bill that would help America’s young farmers manage their student loan debt by making them eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should implement a regulation allowing the lower-cost, lower-carbon E15 fuel blend to be sold in eight Midwest states this summer, rather than waiting until 2024 as proposed, the Renewable Fuels Association said in formal comments filed today.

Ukraine’s ability to keep exporting wheat, corn and other ag commodities under the threatened Black Sea Grain Initiative will be a major focus when world ag leaders meet later this week in Japan for a summit of G7 agriculture ministers, says USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who will be attending.

The federal debt-limit bill dropped Wednesday by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would repeal several tax credits for the biofuels industry, including tax credits for biodiesel, second-generation biofuels and sustainable aviation.

Margins are tricky for many growers as input costs and commodity prices trend lower.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of up to $125 million through two new grant programs that will create more options for meat and poultry farmers by investing in independent, local meat and poultry processing projects that increase competition and enhance the resiliency of the food supply chain.

Even with variable weather so far this spring, seedcorn maggot development is on track with previous years. Forecasted temperatures suggest that seedcorn maggot will likely develop quickly in the next few weeks.

It’s now up to the courts to decide the fate of the updated Waters of the United States rule.

Pending Treasury Department rules for a new biofuels tax credit could determine whether farmers can earn significant new income from conservation practices and whether ethanol can qualify as a feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel, a potentially massive new market.

Marc Arnusch first turned to ChatGPT for help evaluating a potential business opportunity.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $20 million to deliver broadband technical assistance resources for rural communities, and to support the development and expansion of broadband cooperatives.

Students, researchers and leaders from The Ohio State University as well as business and community leaders recently helped open the temporary home of the George Washington Carver Science Park’s (GWCSP) Starlab terrestrial analog facility.

Wall Street rules intended for publicly traded companies should not extend to family farms. That is the message the American Farm Bureau Federation and six other agricultural groups sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

House Republicans are targeting SNAP work requirements as they prepare legislation to raise the debt ceiling, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a speech Monday at the New York Stock Exchange.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor launched the first-ever regional agribusiness trade mission to the Netherlands in Amsterdam.

Joseph Egloff always thought the biggest challenge would be getting the money. He was wrong. The money was the easy part. The bureaucracy and the red tape were the most difficult obstacles this Forsyth, Georgia, cattleman faced in starting a small packing business.

Early U.S. corn and soybean planting is ahead of average.

USDA’s Farm Service Agency is reevaluating the way it structures farm loans to serve U.S. producers.

Russia says the Black Sea grain deal may not continue beyond mid-May unless several obstacles are removed to export grain and fertilizer.

Food safety groups asked a federal judge in Arizona this week to vacate the dicamba registrations of Bayer's XtendiMax herbicide, BASF's Engenia and Syngenta's Tavium, in an ongoing legal battle that could determine how or if the products can be used.

Researchers at four universities – three in the U.S. and one in China -- say that increasingly warmer weather patterns in the Corn Belt could increase the growth of a toxin that would swell farmers’ losses and threaten an important food source over the next two decades.

Those wanting to grow and process hemp in Minnesota in 2023 must apply for a license with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) by April 30.