The biofuel industry is eagerly awaiting the Biden administration’s update of a model that will be used to measure the carbon intensity of sustainable aviation feedstocks and determine their eligibility for a valuable new tax incentives. But industry officials caution that the update is only one in several policy actions that will be needed to get SAF production off the ground.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed as the mystery illness detected in dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas. Wild migratory birds are believed to be the source of the infection.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor arrived in Seoul Monday to launch an agribusiness trade mission.

California consumers are paying higher pork prices than the rest of the country following the full implementation of the state's animal welfare law Proposition 12 on Jan. 1, 2024.

Soils are much, much drier now than they were at the start of last year’s planting season, says University of Missouri Extension climatologist Zachary Leasor.

Twenty years ago, the concept of an all-digital, paid subscription publication was almost unheard of in agricultural publishing. Agri-Pulse Editor and Founder Sara Wyant believed it was not only possible, but represented the future for high-quality journalism.

A livestock economist says there were a couple of factors that contributed to February placements into feedyards that were nearly 10% above year-ago levels.

The top Republican on the House Ag Committee says April is “becoming more realistic” for passage of a farm bill.

The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, opened the Poe Lock to all marine traffic at 6 p.m. on March 22, as the Joseph L. Block marked the start of the 2024 Great Lakes shipping season.

Amid elevated production costs, commodity price volatility and a return to pre-pandemic levels of direct government payments, agricultural loan demand increased in 2023 and agricultural lending by U.S. farm banks grew 6.7% to $110.0 billion, according to the American Bankers Association’s annual Farm Bank Performance Report.

A Stevens County goat kid (juvenile goat) residing on a farm with a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) positive poultry flock tested positive for the same virus. This is the first U.S. detection of HPAI in a domestic ruminant (cattle, sheep, goats, and their relatives).

Friday's March 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report is again highly anticipated by market participants, as there are varying opinions on where exactly February's placements will land.

The US Senate has passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to override the Biden administration’s decision to resume beef imports from Paraguay despite animal health concerns.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is under fire again from House Republicans over the Commodity Credit Corporation, this time both for suggesting the CCC could be used to supplement farm bill funding but also for refusing to use it to make disaster relief payments to some California producers.

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced new legislation to break down barriers to farming and agricultural land ownership and help more Americans pursue careers in farming. The bipartisan Farm Transition Act of 2024 would for the first time stand up the Commission on Farm Transitions to study the issues impacting the transition of agricultural operations to the next generation of farmers and ranchers and make recommendations to address those barriers.

Siouxland Energy Cooperative of Sioux Center, Iowa, and Continuum Ag of Washington, Iowa, are pleased to announce their agreement to provide farmers a path to receive potential premiums associated with Carbon Intensity (CI) Certified Grain.

By failing to recognize and appropriately credit the benefits of ethanol, the 2027-2032 tailpipe emissions standards finalized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency disregard an obvious near-term opportunity for achieving significant vehicle efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas emissions reductions, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.

Agricultural technology theft, acquisition of land near military sites and illegal access to precision agriculture data are a few of the potential risks presented by the Chinese Communist Party that the House Agriculture Committee weighed Wednesday in an hours-long hearing.

The president of the National Corn Growers Association says the chief ag negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is trying to resolve a proposed tariff increase on U.S. ethanol imports to Brazil.

John Deere (NYSE: DE), Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology on Tuesday announced a collaboration agreement that will make it easier for farmers to integrate each company's equipment and technology solutions into their farming operation.

A researcher at Louisiana State University (LSU) has developed a new vaccine to fight the No. 1 disease causing fatalities in cattle -- bovine respiratory disease (BRD).

It’s long been a point of pride in American agriculture that the United States exported more than it imported in farm commodities, but that surplus has vanished and may not be coming back anytime soon.

Midwest farmers say the mild winter might allow for earlier spring planting, but additional soil moisture is needed for a good start this spring.

The National Corn Growers Association said Tuesday that it strongly supports the sentiments included in a letter from Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) and 18 other members of Congress that was recently sent to President Biden and the U.S. Trade Representative. The letter urges action to remove trade barriers affecting ethanol and other biofuels, and open new export markets that would benefit farmers.

After several weeks of burning, the Texas wildfires are 100% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Now, it's time for a full assessment of the land, including the safety of the water.

The 2024 Feeding the Economy report shows agriculture’s economic impact in the United States. Micheal Clements shares more on the report, which includes state-by-state and congressional district information.

Airlines and businesses tied to the bioeconomy are stressing how critical the right policies will be to help fully develop a market for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) that can help create a new market for farmers.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., doubled down Monday on her warning that GOP attempts to fund the farm bill through a reduction in projected spending on nutrition assistance would fracture the bipartisan, urban-rural coalition needed to pass the farm bill.