Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the USDA’s Farm Service Agency will resume core operations on Thursday, including farm loan processing, farm program payments and other programs.

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) led committee passage of H.R. 4550, the United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025, as amended.

We all knew that with this much upside seen in the cattle complex, volatility was going to be an issue. But even so, it never becomes an easier devil to wrestle with.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the availability of the New World Screwworm (NWS) Response Playbook

So far this season, yield trial results from the Farmers' Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) network seem to support anecdotal harvest reports that overall corn yields are lower than USDA estimates released last month.

Soybean prices began the week higher on prospects of U.S. and China trade negotiations progressing.

Members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and their provincial counterparts from Canada and states from Mexico issued a joint communiqué underscoring the role of states and provinces in protecting food security and improving the competitiveness of North American trade during the 34th annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord.

Online grocery shopping rocketed in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing recommendations made getting groceries delivered an attractive alternative to going to the store.

The Trump administration says it is considering purchasing beef from Argentina to help lower retail prices in the U.S.

Recent comments from the White House—promising action to address beef costs in response to consumer concerns—risk obscuring the real story: America’s ranchers have weathered years of rising input costs, drought, and market shifts with unwavering resilience. Today’s beef prices are a direct reflection of these challenges.

Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Oct. 19.

It’s been a year of shakeup for international assistance after the abrupt closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced this week that the Trump administration is working to provide another $20 billion in aid to Argentina.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been trying to convince the Trump administration to reopen Farm Service Agency offices around the country so farmers can tap into commodity loans during harvest, Politico reported Thursday.

This article compares economic loss with safety net payments for the nine large acreage crops that USDA, ERS (US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service) reports a cost of production.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City today announced the launch of the Center for Agriculture and the Economy.

The Ranking Member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee is frustrated with the USDA for a lack of transparency during the government shutdown.

So far this fall season, harvest and fieldwork have largely been done in freeze-free conditions in the United States.

In late September 2025, a federal court in D.C. dismissed a case filed by farmers and ranchers in Texas against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for its alleged failure to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”).

A just-launched national Women in Agriculture Study is a comprehensive effort to capture women’s voices from across all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Both political parties and candidates are increasingly using farmers to make their cases as the country remains gridlocked over the government shutdown and the trade war with China.

The ranking member of the House Committee on China says the healthcare credits at the heart of the ongoing federal government shutdown are vital to farmers.

Good harvests, disruptions to international trade, and demand shifts have reduced recent and forecast prices for several important farm commodities, but other commodities continue to fare reasonably well in the market.

National Farmers Union (NFU) today sent letters to President Trump and Congressional leaders urging immediate action to provide economic relief for family farmers and ranchers facing worsening financial conditions.

The cattle complex steamrolled through last week -- closing higher every single day -- seeming to prove traders clearly understand the market's bullish trajectory points to even fewer supplies in 2026 and likely even higher prices in both the live cattle and feeder cattle markets.

Volatility in the fertilizer market is making it difficult for farmers to know when to lock in prices for 2026.

Last week, R-CALF USA, the largest organization exclusively representing America’s independent cattle producers, joined the Main Street Competition Coalition’s letter to President Donald Trump urging the administration to take strong action on antitrust enforcement.

In a new study, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Texas Tech University discuss recent developments affecting the U.S. trade in row crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton.