Today, Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY) introduced The Lowering Egg Prices Act with Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI). This bipartisan bill will lower egg prices for consumers by cutting bureaucratic red tape that forces farmers to discard hundreds of millions of eggs each year.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Monday announced new actions to reduce burdens on the U.S. pork and poultry industries, allowing for greater efficiency while maintaining food safety standards.

Although this will not be as strong and will have a smaller impact than the storms earlier in March, another big spring storm is set to move through the middle of the country Tuesday through Thursday, March 18-20.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is pleased to announce successful efforts to renew registrations of all 300+ U.S. pork harvesting and cold storage facilities eligible to export to China.

The Clean Fuels Alliance America, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Oilseed Processors Association, North American Renderers Association, and U.S. Canola Association on Monday sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin encouraging the agency to establish robust, timely Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2026 and beyond.

A beef processing facility in southeastern South Dakota has closed.

More than $1 billion might be at risk for farmers across the country if Congress eliminates conservation funds appropriated in the Inflation Reduction Act.

The Trump administration says it is committed to "Make America Healthy Again," but one of USDA's latest major decisions is to eliminate funding that helps support healthy local food options.

The agriculture industry is beginning to feel shocks from retaliatory tariffs aimed at U.S. farm products. We speak with National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney about how President Trump’s aggressive trade agenda is impacting American agriculture and look ahead to NASDA’s farm bill priorities.

After more than a decade of innovation labs that have helped feed the world and improve global food systems in partnership with the U.S. federal government, Kansas State University will suspend the operation of its two current Feed the Future Innovation Labs on April 12.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) elected new officers and board members to lead the organization through the 2025-2026 term.

The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says Friday’s scheduled U.S. Senate vote on a Continuing Resolution to keep the government operating will raise questions no matter the outcome.

The news is hard to watch these days for obvious reasons. It is one thing to see news about wars and rumors of wars, but of course it's another thing to hear anti-Canadianisms coming from south of the border.

Yesterday in Washington, D.C., the U.S. ethanol industry – including leaders from the Renewable Fuels Association, U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and Growth Energy – signed a quadripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Petrolimex, the largest petroleum distributor in Viet Nam, recognizing the economic, environmental, human health and energy security benefits of increasing the use of fuel ethanol in transportation fuel mixes.

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA continues to project large soybean and corn crops.

For the fourth time in the past decade, the Environmental Protection Agency will write a new rule for regulating waters of the United States, one that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said will closely align with a Supreme Court decision and alleviate regulatory risks for farmers.

The USDA is expected to roll out the first round of Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) funds starting next week.

National Farmers Union (NFU) on Tuesday concluded the 123rd Anniversary Convention in Oklahoma City after the assembled delegates voted to finalize NFU’s 2025 policy priorities.

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, offered the Trump administration a list of foreign trade barriers that should be targeted for elimination by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

The European Union on Wednesday imposed retaliatory tariffs on $28 billion in U.S. products, including the few major agricultural goods -- notably soybeans and almonds.

The chairman of the U.S. House Ag Committee says he’s optimistic a new farm bill will get across the finish line this year.

U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) led 8 colleagues in introducing the Securing American Agriculture Act.

Corn grower leaders joined Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and Congressional biofuels leaders at a press conference on Capitol Hill today to push for passage of legislation that would extend consumer access to fuels with 15% ethanol blends, known as E15 and Unleaded 88.

Exports of U.S. beef trended higher than a year ago in January, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports were slightly below last January’s large totals, despite another outstanding performance in Mexico and Central America.

Tuesday, March 11, USDA will release the March edition of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.

Beef producers are closer to a settlement in an antitrust class action case with one of the four major meat packers.

More than 300 organizations have sent a letter to health, agriculture and environmental leaders in D.C. calling for sound science and data to be used by the Make America Healthy Again Commission in upcoming evaluations for products essential to food and agriculture.

The first published scientific paper on a Rumin8 animal trial conducted by a leading academic institution has found that Rumin8’s investigational veterinary product reduced total methane emissions in cattle by 95.2%, with no significant impact on animal production parameters or the rumen environment.