South Dakota Republican Senator Mike Rounds says appropriations language giving USDA more money to track agricultural land purchases by overseas interests is a good start, but more needs to be done to address the issue’s national and food security concerns.

The clock is ticking on several important risk management decisions.

The USDA has lowered its outlook for Brazil’s soybean crop slightly.

In a letter submitted to the House Natural Resources Committee, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) urged members of Congress to support the recently introduced America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act (H.R. 7408).

U.S. pork producers approved a resolution to enhance the country’s live swine traceability system during the 2024 National Pork Industry Forum hosted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).

In a State of the Union speech Thursday night, amounting to the opening of the 2024 presidential election campaign, which analysts described as forceful and feisty, President Joe Biden addressed several issues of interest to the agriculture and food industries.

Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Ranking Member John Boozman, R-Ark., are all confirmed to appear at the Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Policy Summit.

The first quarter of 2024 has seen a slight rebound for the pork industry.

The House Committee on Agriculture Thursday laid out a roadmap to relieve labor shortages that have seriously impacted America’s farmers and ranchers. The Agriculture Labor Working Group (ALWG) released its final report on how to improve the H-2A guest worker program.

The record warm winter has been raising questions about early spring fertilizer applications. With soils not frozen, yet fit enough for fieldwork, what are the risks of early fertilizer application?

The chief legal counsel for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the final rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission won’t require farmers and ranchers to provide the federal government with farm-level supply chain emissions reports.

The South Dakota Legislature on Wednesday passed a trio of bills designed to clear the way for the Summit Carbon Solutions proposed carbon pipeline while protecting landowners.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack made a series of energy infrastructure announcements Wednesday, including the first under an Inflation Reduction Act effort to stand up renewable energy projects in rural America.

The National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Congress recently ratified a new strategic plan for the organization, modernizing its objectives and positioning the organization to focus on increasing corn demand. The vote to approve the new plan came on Saturday as Corn Congress concluded its meeting in Houston, Texas.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) proudly announces the induction of Bill Prestage into the NPPC Hall of Fame during the 2024 National Pork Industry Forum. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who devoted their lives to advancing the pork industry.

USDA's March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report may adjust some U.S. export estimates and should lower USDA's high production estimates for Brazil's corn and soybeans, but may not offer many changes, otherwise. The report will be released at 11 a.m. CST on Friday.

A coalition representing farmers, ethanol producers, fuel retailers and fuel distribution companies today urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reject a recent petition by CVR Energy to alter the Renewable Fuel Standard’s credit trading program. CVR Energy’s petition is a counterproductive proposal that would undermine the RFS and ultimately lead to higher prices for consumers.

An ag lobbyist says lawmakers in Washington D.C. will take a closer look at the new farm bill once the appropriations process has been completed at the end of March.

USDA has decided to reduce the kind of data farmers must provide through the department's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative due to concerns the information requirements could limit producer participation.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane issued a statement following the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest Packers and Stockyards rule:

USDA is issuing a final rule on Tuesday further prohibiting discrimination and retaliatory practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act as part of a Biden administration's launch of a "strike force" looking to take on unfair and illegal "corporate rip-offs."

The latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reveals a modest increase in farmer sentiment compared to the previous month, though concerns remain regarding farm financial performance in the year ahead.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Biden administration won’t release its updated Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Technologies or GREET model for a few more weeks and farmers at the Commodity Classic had mixed reactions.

Members of the organizations hosting this week’s record-setting Commodity Classic in Houston are discussing a hefty slate of priorities, but none more prevalent and consistent than a desire to pass a new farm bill.

In a significant development for the advancement of low-carbon fuel production, Summit Carbon Solutions (Summit) announced Monday that Valero, the world’s second-largest corn ethanol producer and a leader in low-carbon transportation fuels production, will be a shipper on Summit’s pipeline, as part of the largest proposed carbon capture and storage project in the world.

A package of fiscal 2024 spending bills released by congressional leaders Sunday includes new provisions to address concerns about foreign acquisition of U.S. farmland and agribusiness interests and also provides full funding for the Women, Infants and Children nutrition assistance program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the launch of a new conservation initiative – Working Lands for Wildlife’s Northern Bobwhite Pilot Project, as well as the signup dates for USDA’s General Enrollment signup in the Conservation Reserve Program (General CRP), which opens March 4.

Members of the American Soybean Association and National Corn Growers Association affirmed policy priorities for the upcoming year.