Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 106th Convention today adopted policies to guide the organization’s work in 2025. Key topics ranged from labor to rural broadband to trade.

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) has been confirmed in a cow/calf herd in Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Governor Mike Kehoe on Tuesday delivered his first State of the State Address to the Missouri General Assembly, outlining his legislative and budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26).

The World Food Prize Foundation announced today that United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will serve as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer, beginning March 1, 2025.

The chairman and ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee on Monday seemed to offer a unified front opposing potential $300 billion in cuts to the nation's largest nutrition program.

A marketing advisor says he is not expecting any big changes in crop plans this spring.

The Federal Circuit ruled that AGCO Corp successfully defeated Deere & Co.’s appeal of a Delaware jury’s verdict regarding Precision Planting’s SpeedTube-vSet2 (SpeedTube) product, a high-speed planting system.

The Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge, now in its 11th year, provides opportunities for Farm Bureau members to showcase business innovations being developed for agriculture. Indiana-based Gripp is the winner of this year’s competition.

As the Trump administration ramps up pressure on illegal immigrants and tariffs with trading partners, the American Farm Bureau Federation wants Congress to deal with agricultural labor, the farm bill and taxes in 2025.

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States Monday, January 20th. We asked former House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas how this Trump administration could be different than the last and if farmers should be concerned about another trade war.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Executive Director of Government Affairs Kent Bacus issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to lift the injunction that temporarily halted enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s reporting requirements.

Summit Carbon Solutions has filed a legal action to ensure a fair and transparent process for the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) review of its pipeline permit.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture is taking steps to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday will not immediately force millions of businesses to now file Beneficial Ownership Information reports, according to U.S. Treasury officials.

In less than a week, the cattle industry will get a lot of much-needed data about the state of the U.S. cattle herd.

Governor Tim Walz today announced his 2025 infrastructure plan at the Rapidan Dam in Mankato.

Illinois agricultural and forestry producers who want to address or improve natural resources are encouraged to sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program or EQIP.

Michigan's first-ever grant program aimed at strengthening the state's middle-of-the-supply-chain agri-food systems is now open, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Tim Boring announced this week.

The CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council says he hopes the Trump administration reviews the phase one trade agreement with China before implementing any tariffs.

Cargill Inc. has reached a $32.5 million settlement in a broad class-action lawsuit over price-fixing in turkey production.

University of Missouri Extension agronomist Wayne Flanary says 2025 likely will be a year when corn producers need to batten down the hatches to offset low sale prices and high input costs.

At the World Economic Forum (WEF), Jeff Rowe, CEO of Syngenta Group, presented the five key trends in AI that will define agriculture in 2025.

Carroll County pig farmer Aaron Juergens has been named the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA).

President Trump plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico by the beginning of next month.

The Renewable Fuels Association thanked Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) for the reintroduction in the Senate of the Farm to Fly Act.

Most average retail fertilizer prices were higher than last month during the second week of January 2025, according to sellers surveyed by DTN.

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, submitted a comment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to EPA’s proposal to partially waive the 2024 cellulosic biofuel volume requirement under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

In her State of the State Address, Governor Kristi Noem announced a plan to keep farmers farming in South Dakota. This plan features an agreement between the State of South Dakota, the South Dakota Ag Foundation, and First Dakota National Bank to transfer First Dakota’s Keep Farmers Farming program to the South Dakota Ag Foundation.