The Federal Aviation Administration has paved the way for a Texas-based drone company to allow one operator to pilot “swarms” of up to three drones without a visual observer. Others could soon follow suit.

Through the K-State 105 initiative, Kansas State University and The University of Kansas Health System announced today that the organizations are working together to explore ways to support health care in rural Kansas communities.

Implementation of a bipartisan bill to encourage the use of higher blends of biodiesel takes effect on Monday, April 1. Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) Chairman Ron Kindred and other supporters call the new law a landmark statute that will benefit all Illinoisians as well as the state’s environment.

Using a roundtable discussion in Mankato, Minnesota, as a backdrop, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack opened the USDA purses on Wednesday to announce $1.5 billion available this year for groups under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

Ethanol stocks have swelled for three weeks in a row.

Crop insurance provider Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa has acquired the California-based Global Ag Insurance Services, expanding its presence in the specialty crop sector.

Nearly 1,000 farmers, ethanol industry workers and other supporters from across the country sent a letter to President Biden calling on his administration to take action to allow continued access to E15 throughout the upcoming summer driving season.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) of the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy cattle herd. This is the first case of HPAI in a livestock operation in Ohio.

One of the poultry facilities for the nation’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods, has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Love them or hate them, there is one thing farmers and ranchers cannot ignore: The Chinese are the biggest customers for U.S. agricultural exports. Fresh from a trip to China and Thailand, USSEC CEO Jim Sutter shares key insights about his conversations with leaders on the ground.

In an effort to protect the dairy herd in Nebraska, NDA is issuing an importation order effective immediately. The importation order will require all breeding female dairy cattle entering the state of Nebraska to obtain a permit issued by NDA prior to entry.

As fertilizer prices spiked dramatically from 2017 to 2022 and more farmers across the U.S. adopted conservation practices, the latest Ag Census data shows that total overall commercial fertilizer applications dropped.

Taranis and Mississippi-based Steward Link have teamed to provide farmers with simplified application and practice validation opportunities for USDA conservation funding programs.

The nation's winter wheat crop is starting the growing season in significantly better shape than it was last year, according to USDA NASS.

U.S. farmers’ perspective on the future improved in March helping to push the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer up 3 points from February to a reading of 114.

A Texas resident who was directly exposed to dairy cattle that were “presumed to be infected with avian influenza” is being treated for bird flu, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Monday.

U.S. House Ag Committee member Nikki Budzinski says the clock is ticking on getting a farm bill passed this year. “We don’t have an infinite amount of time,” she says. “We need to start really making progress."

AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO) and Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced the closing of their joint venture (JV) transaction. The JV, known as PTx Trimble, combines Trimble's precision agriculture business and AGCO's JCA Technologies to form a new company that will better serve farmers with factory fit and retrofit applications in the mixed-fleet precision agriculture market.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a large commercial dairy located in central Michigan. The herd, located in Montcalm County, recently received cattle from an affected premises in Texas.

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday released the 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE Report), which provides a comprehensive review of significant foreign barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services, U.S. foreign direct investment, and U.S. electronic commerce in key export markets for the United States.

Farmers and livestock producers in the market for a new semi-truck could face a different market in 2027 under new greenhouse gas (GHG) standards for heavy-duty vehicles finalized by the Biden administration on Friday, March 29.

Beef and pork exports of $18.1 billion in 2023 had a significant impact on the corn and soybean industries, according to an independent study conducted by The Juday Group and released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

The Agriculture Department on Thursday said it will be distributing $124 million through two programs aimed at expanding renewable energy and fertilizer production.

U.S. ethanol stocks hit a more than one-year high last week.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) applauds Senators Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on the introduction of the Enteric Methane Innovation Tools for Lower Emissions and Sustainable Stock (EMIT LESS) Act (S. 4056).

Twenty-one state attorneys general are pressing House and Senate Ag Committee leaders to rewrite the farm bill’s hemp regulations, saying they have opened up a “massive gray market” for hemp-derived products as potent as cannabis.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $22 million in partnerships that expand access to conservation technical assistance for livestock producers and increase the use of conservation practices on grazing lands.

Lei Zhang, assistant professor of plant nematology, is on the lookout for the soil-borne roundworm called soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Zhang can’t see the microscopic parasite with his eyes, but technology available in the Ag Alumni Seed Phenotyping Facility (AAPF) at Purdue might.