U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) Wednesday released legislative text for the budget reconciliation package that will rein in runaway spending in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) while promoting fiscal responsibility and investing in rural America and America’s farm families.

National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio, released the following statement on the inclusion of NPPC’s animal health priorities in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation package.

U.S. ethanol production and stocks both notched notable milestones last week.

Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have made it difficult to build carbon pipelines in the state.

The U.S. Senate plans to have the text of its reconciliation package out by Friday.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins congratulates Judge Stephen Vaden on his confirmation to serve as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.

A group of Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday wrote House and Senate appropriation leaders asking them to "fully fund and preserve the autonomy" of USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) labs in Illinois, Delaware and California.

In a formal letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), R-CALF USA’s Animal Health Committee called for swift approval to add ivermectin as an oral feed-through in livestock and wildlife feeds as a precaution against the potential introduction of New World Screwworm (NWS).

Both U.S. corn and soybean crop conditions improved slightly last week, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council says exports to China have fallen to COVID-era levels as the impact of tariffs continues.

Fusarium graminearum is a globally distributed plant pathogen capable of causing plant diseases, including Fusarium head blight of wheat and small grains and Gibberella ear rot of corn.

Kansas State University researchers are working on a project to analyze the opportunities available by using drone thermal imaging in cattle feed yards.

After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline. July 15 is a major deadline for most crops, but acreage reporting deadlines vary by county and by crop.

Vietnam has signed a memorandum of understanding with several U.S. agribusinesses to boost trade opportunities.

The pork industry suffered one of the worst economic years on record in 2023. As producers now grapple with the uncertainty of tariffs, we speak with Kevin Stuckey, sow unit manager at Cooper Farms in Ohio, Chris Ford, VP corporate swine lender at Farm Credit Services of America and Oklahoma Pork Council Executive Director Kylee Deniz to get a pulse on the animal health, labor and economic challenges facing the industry.

A member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) who was fired from his post in March vowed to keep fighting market concentration and corporate power in agriculture and other industries -- but cautioned against political interference within the FTC as well.

Today, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) released the updated Dairy Delivers® report, reaffirming the U.S. dairy industry’s immense contributions to the nation’s economy and quality of life for American families and communities.

Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, warned senators on Wednesday farmers could face a mental-health crisis if trade wars aren't resolved by the time of the fall harvest.

With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known as a challenging place for farming. But a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence of intensive farming by ancestral Native Americans at the Sixty Islands archaeological site along the Menominee River, making it the most complete ancient agricultural site in the eastern half of the United States.

The Swine Health Information Center is monitoring recent outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease in Europe and the Middle East.

Due in part to a sharp decline in shipments to China, April exports of U.S. beef and pork trended lower than a year ago, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

The benchmark of world food commodity prices dropped in May as marked declines in international quotations for maize and palm oil outweighed historically high prices for butter and bovine meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Friday.

The House of Representatives’ advancement of H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” marks a significant step toward restoring longer-term certainty for farmers and ranchers after a series of short-term extensions of the 2018 farm bill.

USDA delayed the release of its quarterly Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade report last Friday and removed the accompanying analysis because of internal concerns by the department's political appointees over an increase in the trade deficit, Politico reported Wednesday.

Financial leaders are urging the U.S. House Ag Committee to support bipartisan legislation to create federal regulations for digital asset markets.

At the 2025 World Pork Expo today, leaders from the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) delivered a clear message: the pork industry’s future will be strengthened by a united, proactive approach to advocacy.

The National Oilseed Processors Association and Corn Refiners Association released a statement following incorrect and misleading comments from Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary.

Farmers would have a harder time getting Conservation Technical Assistance under USDA's 2026 budget proposal, which would slash free, voluntary expert guidance by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff.