Researchers have made a major discovery in the fight against soybean cyst nematode (SCN).

The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) hosted the 3rd 2024 triannual, trilateral meeting with its North American counterparts, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas (CNOG) on the sidelines of the Canadian Beef Industry Conference this week.

Jake Li, the deputy assistant administrator for pesticide programs at the U.S. EPA, says the final herbicide strategy gives growers more options on ways to minimize pesticide drift.

Missouri agricultural leaders, FFA and 4-H members, elected officials and partners came together at the Missouri State Fair to capstone the 2024 Drive to Feed Kids.

University of Missouri Extension specialists have confirmed the first case of corn stunt in Missouri. The disease, which is transmitted by an insect, was found in southwest Missouri.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, working with Iowa’s 100 Soil and Water Conservation Districts and farmers and landowners, again shattered a record for conservation and water quality practice adoption within Iowa during the last fiscal year. Secretary Naig made the announcement Monday during remarks at the annual Conservation Districts of Iowa conference in Ames.

The USDA’s national corn and soybean condition ratings remained unchanged over the past week.

The long-anticipated development of La Nina in the equatorial Pacific Ocean may be underway, just in time to bring concern over weather prospects for the final weeks of U.S. corn and soybean crops.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting offers for more than 2.2 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Grassland, General, and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signups administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). With these accepted acres, enrollment is very near the 27 million CRP acreage cap.

If Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) doesn't reach an agreement in the next three days with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and Train & Engine (T&E) division and the TCRC and Rail Canada Traffic Controllers (RCTC) division, CPKC will lock out TCRC rail traffic engineers as of 12:01 a.m. EDT and rail traffic controllers as of 12:01 a.m. MDT, on Aug. 22, 2024.

On the second anniversary of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is funding 160 projects in 26 states to expand access to clean energy systems and increase the availability of domestic biofuels that will create new market opportunities and jobs for U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers.

A member of the U.S. House Ag Committee says his constituents need a modernized farm bill.

In a speech that highlighted policy differences with Republicans, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday detailed the potential of jet fuel from ethanol even if the process to make it work is cumbersome at best.

The USDA says beef export sales hit a marketing year high during the week ending August 8th. That big week-to-week jump in beef sales was led by South Korea, followed by Japan and China, all key global customers.

Growth in biofuel use of soybean oil has been a bright spot for soybean farmers. Over 20 new or expanding crush plants have been announced since the start of the renewable diesel boom to provide increased soybean oil to the sector.

Deere & Company reported net income of $1.734 billion for the third quarter ended July 28, 2024, or $6.29 per share, compared with net income of $2.978 billion, or $10.20 per share, for the quarter ended July 30, 2023.

The Meat Institute issued the following statement from Meat Institute President and CEO, Julie Anna Potts, in response to news reporting of a Harris Campaign proposal to place a federal ban on price gouging:

An ag banker is concerned about a prolonged downturn in the farm economy.

A new Land Use Change Initiative (LUCI) is leading efforts to resolve inconsistencies in definitions, metrics and methodologies for quantifying land use change.

Iowa pulled itself out of drought and into a record corn crop, if the DTN Digital Yield Tour estimates hold true.

Truterra, a leading agricultural sustainability business that works with farmers to help improve the environmental impact of agricultural production while working to create incremental financial benefits for famers, today announced its first-ever programs specifically for dairy producers.

Food inflation expectations and estimates both dropped last month to their lowest levels since January 2022, according to the July 2024 issue of the Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI).

USDA is taking steps to address two major challenges facing farmers.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) are asking the U.S. government to prepare a plan to “leverage all available tools” should Colombia move forward with imposing countervailing tariffs on U.S. milk-powder exports, making that request in a letter sent Friday to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were down again during the first full week of August 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN.

Smithfield Foods donated $150,000 in annual grant funding to support local chapters and members of the National FFA Organization.

Unpredictable precipitation is one of the most challenging elements of being a farmer. Not enough moisture, and plant growth is hindered. Too much can saturate the soil while setting the stage for diseases to thrive.

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has lowered that nation’s corn production estimate due to weather issues in some key growing areas.