DG Fuels, a U.S.-owned sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) company, in cooperation with the Minnesota EDC and The Minnesota SAF Hub, has selected the city of Moorhead, located in Clay County, Minnesota, for its new production facility serving the Great Lakes region. The plant will produce 193 million gallons of zero- or low-CO2 lifecycle emissions SAF per year and will meet ASTM fuel standards. Production is expected to begin in 2030.

About six months after USDA issued a federal order requiring testing for Influenza A in livestock to mitigate the spread, the virus continues to affect livestock and humans.

After a two-week delay to the start of the wet season and soybean planting, producers in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil's largest production state of both soybeans and corn, have pushed hard and made up ground due to good weather.

2024 World Food Prize laureates Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin were honored for their life work protecting crop biodiversity at the Borlaug International Dialogue. We asked Fowler about the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

What is the value of seed treatments to U.S. soybean farmers, and how do they feel about alternatives to seed treatments? A recent survey conducted by the American Soybean Association and the United Soybean Board sought to determine just that.

Sustainable aviation fuel could emerge as the next opportunity for substantial growth in U.S. biofuels production with proper market and regulatory incentives.

The USDA’s reporting a solid week for soybean and pork export sales.

The average daily close of the December corn futures contract was $4.16 during October, while the November soybean contract was $10.03 per bushel.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched the Food for Opportunity Program, or FFO, designed to expand opportunities for non-traditional U.S. commodities to qualify for various international food assistance programs, Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor announced Wednesday at the World Food Prize.

Producers are taking a wait-and-see approach to expanding production as trade, disease, and consumption uncertainties remain top of mind for the industry.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Brad Finstad (R-Minn.) are leading a letter scrutinizing the Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s loan and grant oversight practices after a recent awardee, Pure Prairie Poultry, shut down. Grassley and Finstad serve on the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, respectively.

As global hunger continues to escalate, 13 World Food Prize laureates are voicing frustration that this crisis has been overlooked in U.S. elections.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) confirms there is no food safety concerns about the nation’s pork supply after the detection of H5N1 influenza in swine on a small backyard farm in Oregon.

During a visit to Dramm Corp. Wednesday, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is making investments that will strengthen American farms and businesses by expanding innovative domestic fertilizer production and increasing independent meat and poultry processing capacity, which will in turn increase competition and lower fertilizer costs for farmers and food costs for consumers.

A livestock economist says the cattle industry isn’t showing any signs of significant expansion.

Most corn and soybean fields in the U.S. are planted with herbicide-resistant crop varieties. However, the evolution of superweeds that have developed resistance to common herbicides is jeopardizing current weed management strategies. Agricultural robotics for mechanical weeding is an emerging technology that could potentially provide a solution.

Widespread drought conditions continue across the country and are more severe than last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ending Oct. 28.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is awarding $39 million in grants to U.S. business owners to increase the availability of domestic biofuels in 18 states and give Americans cleaner, more affordable fuel options.

Iowa’s Ag Secretary Mike Naig says questions remain following the Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy and the closure of their Iowa processing plant.

A Missouri grain cooperative could have prevented an employee’s fatal engulfment in a storage bin in May 2024 had it followed federal workplace safety requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor determined.

Denali, the nation’s leading recycler of organics, today revealed it transformed over 10 billion pounds of organic byproducts into natural fertilizers, according to its newly released third annual sustainability report that details findings from 2023.

The U.S. corn and soybean harvests are in the home stretch. That followed another week of generally dry weather in much of the Midwest and Plains and while some areas did receive some rain, overall, it wasn’t enough to cause significant delays.

The Mississippi River at Memphis in Tennessee, St. Louis, and the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, can't catch a good stretch of rain to help the low-water levels currently creating havoc for barge traffic in the Lower Mississippi River (LMR) basin.

The American Soybean Association is expressing concern after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency imposed additional restrictions on farmers—a move that seems to have followed adverse comments from environmental groups.

To help prevent tragic accidents, Nationwide and its partners provided life-saving grain rescue tubes and training to 58 fire departments across rural America through its 2024 Grain Bin Safety campaign.

University of Missouri Extension state nutrient management specialist John Lory advises against fall application of anhydrous ammonia anywhere in Missouri.

Six students from across the country will spend the next year sharing their passion for the FFA.

In the stretch of a few weeks, Indiana farmer Kip Tom was hitting state fairs, farm shows and debates in late summer to talk about the rural economy, regulations and trade under the Biden-Harris administration.