Minnesota will soon be home to a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blending facility – only the third in the United States – that will provide SAF supply via existing pipeline to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) – Delta’s second-largest hub where it uses 250 million gallons of fuel annually.

Interest rates on farm loans are at multi-decade highs, and many hope relief will come on Wednesday afternoon.

The expansion of agricultural trade to Vietnam is a priority for USDA.

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, Wednesday highlighted a number of issues currently plaguing the nation’s rail service—which have resulted in delayed shipments, longer wait times, and higher costs for America’s ethanol producers.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), joined by 25 other agriculture groups, sent a letter this week to the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways & Means Committee encouraging them to reauthorize a lapsed trade program, called the Generalized System of Preference.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Tuesday expressed their strong disappointment with a preliminary ruling by Colombia’s government that unfairly targets U.S. dairy exporters by advancing baseless claims that U.S. milk powder was unduly subsidized.

A U.S. Senator from Kansas says time is running out to get a new farm bill, but there is a sense of urgency from a leader of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee to do something immediate to meet the needs of U.S farmers and ranchers.

In a letter sent today to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, the Renewable Fuels Association asked for an update on the agency’s investigation of certain biofuel feedstock imports and urged the adoption of more stringent feedstock verification requirements for imported used cooking oil and tallow.

“We’ve had challenges from the start of the season,” says LG Seeds Agronomist Robby Meeker, who covers east-central Illinois. Like much of the country, farmers in his area dealt with late planting as well as a mix of wet and dry spells. That set the stage for additional threats like disease, nitrogen deficiency and insect pressure.

Fears are increasing that the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance Ltd. (USMX) will likely not reach an agreement on their current contract that expires at the end of the month, opening the door for a strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.

Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA), a global leader in agricultural technology and Pairwise, a technology company pioneering the application of gene editing in food and agriculture, announced a collaboration today to accelerate the delivery of advanced gene editing solutions to farmers, ultimately benefitting both the environment and everyday consumers.

For the 80th year in a row, the United States is celebrating National Farm Safety and Health Week (NFSHW) during the third week of September – this year it takes place September 15-21, 2024. NFSHW is a time to increase awareness of the high injury and fatality risk in agriculture and to improve agricultural health outcomes through outreach and education.

A leader with the American Soybean Association says she’s concerned about the threat of a port strike and its potential impact on the soy industry.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senator John Boozman (R-AR) met with 120 pork producers at the National Pork Producers Council’s (NPPC) Fall Legislative Action Conference, discussing prospects for a 2024 Farm Bill and a federal solution to California’s Proposition 12.

Contrary to the average trade pre-report opinion, USDA raised their U.S. average yield projection for corn in the Sept. 12 NASS Crop Production report.

Senator Braun recently celebrated the passage of the House version of the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, led by Representative Newhouse.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump clashed on a broad range of issues in their debate Tuesday night. A few key topics in rural America were addressed while others were ignored.

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’d like to see guidance from his agency on the 45Z tax credit issued before the end of December.

Nearly 300 Farmers Union members from across the United States have converged in Washington this week to meet with lawmakers and advocate for the timely passage of a comprehensive five-year farm bill before the end of 2024, emphasizing its importance given current challenges faced by America’s family farmers and ranchers.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor arrived in Ho Chi Minh City Monday to launch a USDA-sponsored agribusiness trade mission.

As fall approaches, many farmers are evaluating the timing of their manure application. Ideally, ammonium-rich manures are applied when temperatures are cooler (50°F and cooling) to increase the probability that applied nitrogen will still be in the upper soil profile next year when crops are growing.

Farm leaders from opposite sides of the aisle agree the country needs a new farm bill, but they are split on taxes, regulations, trade policies and just how farmers and the agricultural economy will fare under the next presidency.

The 2024 U.S. corn harvest is officially underway.

U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) recently led 39 of their colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury urging it to expedite the issuance of final guidance for the Clean Fuel Production Credit in advance of its January 1 deadline and to restrict the eligibility to renewable fuels made from domestic feedstocks by domestic fuel producers.

In a detailed brief submitted late Friday to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Renewable Fuels Association and 55 other parties argued that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unlawfully exceeded its statutory authority and acted arbitrarily and capriciously by finalizing vehicle tailpipe emissions standards that would essentially phase out liquid-fueled engines and mandate increased production of electric vehicles.

National Farmers Union (NFU) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address staffing levels and improve customer service at USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) county-level offices.

Citing worsening economic conditions impacting the nation’s farmers, over 300 national and state groups, including the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and its affiliated corn state grower associations, sent a letter to congressional leaders today calling on them to pass the farm bill before year’s end.

It hasn't gotten any better. Very dry conditions in central Brazil have been the mainstay for the last several months. Parts of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil's largest producer of corn and soybeans, have not seen a drop of rain in more than five months.