The Office of the United States Trade Representative Wednesday initiated an investigation of Brazil under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The investigation will seek to determine whether acts, policies, and practices of the Government of Brazil related to digital trade and electronic payment services; unfair, preferential tariffs; anti-corruption interference; intellectual property protection; ethanol market access; and illegal deforestation are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict U.S. commerce.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Tuesday at the opening of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory, launched a comprehensive plan to bolster USDA’s efforts to combat foodborne illness.

The future remains unknown for a full, five-year farm bill.

Farmers with late-planted or double-crop corn should be on the lookout for the corn leafhopper, a tiny flying insect capable of transmitting the potentially devastating corn stunt disease.

Farm bankruptcy filings are rising in 2025, a sign that agriculture is facing the same high financial pressures it saw pre-pandemic, said Ryan Loy, extension economist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

The CEO of the Kansas Soybean Association says demand for biofuels is helping increase soybean oil production.

Despite ongoing challenges in commodity markets and uncertain farm profitability, agricultural land values have remained remarkably stable through mid-2025, according to Farmers National Company.

The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to end 12 USDA Regional Food Business Centers meant to help small farmers and food businesses that were created just two years ago.

The USDA’s national corn condition rating held over the past week and soybeans improved. That followed another week of generally favorable development conditions in much of the Midwest and Plains.

In a blow to the Port of Duluth-Superior (Twin Ports), CHS confirmed in the media that it is ceasing operations at its Superior, Wisconsin, grain terminal by the end of August 2025.

For generations, ice cream has been a beloved indulgence woven into American culture, communities, and celebrations. Now, a new voluntary effort led by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) in partnership with America’s ice cream makers promises to eliminate certified artificial colors from ice cream products made with real milk by Dec. 31, 2027.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins issued a statement following the Trump Administration’s lawsuit against the State of California over the State’s intrusive actions that have caused the price of eggs to skyrocket, harming consumers.

The USDA has tightened the balance sheets for U.S. corn and wheat, while raising the ending stocks guess for soybeans.

The reconciliation bill passed by Congress this month cuts nutrition program spending by an estimated $186 billion over ten years. We spoke with Rep. Shri Thanedar, an ag committee Democrat who represents the Detroit metropolitan area, who tells us that after the cuts to SNAP, "I don't think it's going to be smooth sailing for what you call the skinny farm bill."

USDA’s just-released July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report incorporates updated planted and harvested acreage figures from the June 30 Acreage report. This Market Intel analyzes both the June Acreage and July WASDE reports and explains what the updates mean for U.S. agriculture.

USDA last month cut more than $1 billion in expected grant funding to 69 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) projects nationally.

The Trump administration challenged California regulations it says are hurting egg production nationally and are in violation of the Constitution, in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

The lead atmospheric scientist with Nutrien Ag Solutions says he’s keeping a close eye on several key agricultural regions across the globe.

Declining labor force participation, lower birth rates and a collapse in net migration are combining to squeeze the U.S. labor supply.

The Ferrero Group ("Ferrero" or the "Company") and WK Kellogg Co (NYSE: KLG) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ferrero has agreed to acquire WK Kellogg Co, for $23.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of $3.1 billion.

U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has again closed southern border ports to livestock imports from Mexico following a new detection of New World screwworm.

The H-2A program allows eligible employers in the U.S. an avenue to request and hire foreign workers to fill temporary agricultural jobs.

GCO (NYSE: AGCO), a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, today announced its Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase program of up to $1 billion of the Company's common stock, following the pending resolution with Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE).

Market bulls will be searching for any clues to break the market's fall when USDA releases its July Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports at 11 a.m. CDT on Friday, July 11.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday rejected the idea of "amnesty" for undocumented farmworkers and instead suggested farmers will find able-bodied employees from as many as 34 million Medicaid recipients who will now face tougher work requirements.

The USDA has unveiled its National Farm Security Action Plan, designed to address agriculture security in America.

A letter with signatures from 42 agricultural associations, led by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), was sent to President Trump today urging him to expeditiously nominate a chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

Stocks and grain commodities fell Monday after President Donald Trump posted letters on social media to the presidents of Japan and South Korea declaring 25% tariffs on products from both countries.