More than 35 East and Gulf Coast ports are at a standstill due to a labor union strike and the executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition says meat and poultry exports are a concern.

A group of 34 lawmakers from both parties and chambers in Congress representing Southeastern states wrote a letter Tuesday to congressional leaders to work with the Biden administration to provide disaster aid to agricultural producers following Hurricane Helene.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced an investment of $1.7 billion for purchase of locally and regionally produced foods and domestically produced foods for emergency food assistance.

Kenneth Hartman Jr., a corn farmer from Waterloo, Ill., began his term this week as president of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA).

In testimony Tuesday at a USDA public consultation on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and biofuel feedstocks, RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper endorsed the “extraordinary opportunity” for CSA to help decarbonize renewable fuels and urged federal agencies, including the Treasury Department, to embrace book-and-claim supply chain management approaches.

At 12:01 a.m. EDT on Oct. 1, members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) walked off the job at 36 ports East Coast and Gulf ports. Roughly half of the goods shipped into and out of the U.S. come from those ports.

Declining income expectations helped to push farmer sentiment down again in September as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index fell 12 points to 88. Both of the barometer’s sub-indices, the Index of Current Conditions and the Index of Future Expectations, declined as well.

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Monday called for emergency assistance for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities who suffered devastating losses in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

The U.S. corn and soybean harvests managed to stay ahead of average last week. That was despite rain-related delays in much of the Corn Belt to start the week and the widespread fallout from Hurricane Helene later in the week.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has secured over $26.7 billion in agricultural market access across the globe for America’s farmers, ranchers, fishers, and food manufacturers.

A Democratic member of the U.S. House Ag Committee says she’s disappointed farm bill negotiations are being pushed to the lame duck session of Congress.

In less than 24 hours, 45,000 workers of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) could be going on strike at East Coast and Gulf Ports as their contract with the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (USMX) expires at midnight, Sept. 30, 2024.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) applauded a bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House for introducing the “Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act" Friday, providing consumers with year-round access to higher blends of ethanol.

As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), today announced more than $2.8 billion to support reliable, affordable, and clean power in the Midwest. DOE, through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced the closing of a loan guarantee of up to $1.52 billion under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment (EIR) program to Holtec Palisades to help finance the restoration and resumption of service of an 800-MW nuclear generating station in Covert Township, Michigan.

Nearly 1,000 women gathered in Denver for the Women in Agribusiness Summit this week. We connected with Mary Kay Thatcher from Syngenta to discuss EPA's Final Herbicide Strategy and an outlook for the November election.

As the 2024 season enters the homestretch and farmers begin to reap what they have sown, it's easy to get impatient. But budgeting a little extra time to ensure that harvest equipment is performing at peak efficiency is critical to maximizing yield and minimizing field losses.

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says a continuing resolution to fund the government that passed Wednesday does not include a full farm bill extension.

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) Thursday introduced The Neither Permanent Nor Normal Trade Relations Act to end Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with China.

In a victory for America’s pork producers and swine veterinarians, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Thursday celebrated the United Nations’ (UN) decision to reject proposed on-farm target reductions of antimicrobials.

National Farmers Union (NFU) President Rob Larew joined leaders from G7 countries’ farmer organizations in Ortigia, Sicily, to emphasize the crucial role farmers play in shaping sustainable food systems.

A looming U.S. East Coast port strike would have severe consequences for food and many other farm products shipped from American farm and ranch families to international buyers.

Directors of state departments of agriculture are working to ensure policies are beneficial to America’s farmers and ranchers.

At 11 a.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 30, USDA will release its estimates of Sept. 1 Grain Stocks, inventories that will represent ending stocks of corn and soybeans for 2023-24. USDA's NASS will also issue its Small Grains Summary with attention on U.S. wheat production in 2024.

True and fall armyworms have been a nuisance to crop production in Kansas over the past 40 years. Kansas State University crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth said these pests have once again made their presence known in 2024, noting that their similar developmental schedules and rapid life cycles heighten crop damage.

Livestock production is an important component of U.S. agriculture, with global demand for meat and dairy expected to double in the coming decades. This increase will lead to intensified grazing on U.S. grasslands, potentially exacerbating water quality degradation from livestock waste runoff into waterways.

Bipartisan federal legislation that restricts eligibility for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production tax credit to only renewable fuels that use domestic feedstocks has been introduced in both sides of Congress, in a push that seems to be gaining steam.

A key U.S. trade official says a new agreement with Chile will help improve market access for a number of U.S. cheese and meat products.

The National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE), alongside several agricultural associations and individual farmers, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to protect farm and ranch families across the country from the Department of Labor’s (Department) unlawful and unconstitutional Final Rule entitled, “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States” (Rule).