Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $400 million with at least 18 irrigation districts to help farmers continue commodity production while also conserving water across the West.

Kinze announced today that it will be implementing a reduction in its workforce in response to the ongoing economic downturn in the agricultural sector.

At the urging of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), a newly published U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study found zero Trichinella positives in more than 3.2 million pork samples, demonstrating to domestic and global consumers the safety of U.S. pork.

U.S. ethanol production hit an all-time high last week.

After extreme weather conditions early in the growing season, some corn farmers are concerned about the economics of managing their crop and achieving strong corn yields. But if they are strategic with that management, the corn crop can still finish strong, say LG Seeds Agronomists Kyle Malcolm and Bryant Luers.

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a bipartisan letter calling for the U.S. Treasury Department to restrict the eligibility of the 45Z Tax Credit to renewable fuels made only from domestically-sourced feedstocks, like Kansas soybean oil and corn oil.

Farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in Mississippi and Alabama make up over half of the people receiving a share of more than $2 billion in payments over historic discrimination through USDA's farm-loan programs.

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, today filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the agency’s anticipated failure to meet its statutory deadline for issuing the 2026 Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

With a growing outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 in Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is stressing livestock workers need to get vaccinations for seasonal flu to reduce the risk that H5N1 and the seasonal flu could "reassort" to become a more dangerous virus.

The USDA is extending the comment period for its proposed new competition rule under the Packers & Stockyards Act by 15 days.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Monday issued a comprehensive proposed rule and determination to more effectively reduce Salmonella contamination and illnesses associated with raw poultry products.

United today became the first airline to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for use at O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and Governor JB Pritzker joined the airline's leadership at ORD to highlight the role that Illinois' SAF tax credits played in bringing sustainable aviation fuel to one of the largest airports in the U.S.

Cover crops can be an asset to a farming operation because of their varied benefits, but adding a cover crop to an existing rotation can be intimidating. Researchers across the Midwest are conducting projects so farmers can gain information and avoid challenges in the early stages of cover crop adoption.

There were slight changes to the USDA’s national corn and soybean condition ratings over the past week. That followed another mixed week of weather in major U.S. growing areas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced changes to the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options to additional crops as well as increasing premium support to make the policy more affordable for producers.

The very real and damaging consequences of Congress’ failure to pass a modernized farm bill are brought to light in a new analysis by American Farm Bureau Federation economists.

Last week's market was a fiery one for both the live cattle and feeder cattle complex as fundamental demand helped rally traders and the gains were not only seen in the countryside, but also throughout the futures complex.

The Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory in Columbus will soon be home to The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) new state-of-the-art dairy facility, replacing the outdated 1972 structure demolished in March.

Temperatures will be heating up in the Corn Belt heading into August and affecting some of the crops, but ag meteorologist Drew Lerner says “it’s going to be really hard to pull yields down nationwide to the point where we have a raging bull (grain) market or anything like that.”

A federal appeals court vacated Biden administration reversals of small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard in a judgment handed down Friday.

Members of the U.S. House have been dismissed for the August recess a week early without passing 12 annual funding bills including USDA’s budget or taking further action on the farm bill.

The Biden administration should set fair and reasonable criteria around farming practices for farmers and refineries seeking tax credits for sustainable aviation fuels, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) said in comments submitted last week to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

U.S. Reps. Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) and David Valadao (R-CA) on Friday introduced new legislation to address the ongoing detections of highly pathogenic avian flu in dairy cattle.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its draft Insecticide Strategy for public comment, another milestone in the agency’s work to adopt early, practical protections for federally endangered and threatened (listed) species.

Reducing its workforce by perhaps more than 2,000 employees in the past several months, Deere & Company is responding both to economics and to a vision for what it is becoming -- a manufacturer of machinery still, but one that foresees higher value in technology.

House Ag Committee leaders heard strong support for reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as part of a subcommittee hearing Thursday.

AGCO has agreed to sell most of its grain and protein business for $700 million to American Industrial Partners, an industrials investor worth $16 billion, in an all-cash transaction.

Insignum AgTech has begun a collaboration with researchers in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and College of Engineering to create tools for farmers to identify early stages of tar spot disease outbreaks in their corn plants.