Washington County pig farmer Matt Gent is the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA).

If an immigration-labor deal develops in Congress, the American Farm Bureau Federation might be willing to accept caps on the number of visas for a year-round agricultural worker program.

A livestock economist says cattle producers remain slow to rebuild herds.

Restricting foreign ownership of U.S. land, codifying a “right to repair" farm equipment and imposing labeling restrictions on lab-grown meat are just a few of the ideas up for debate as state legislatures across the U.S. convene for their 2024 sessions.

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced the names of six companies chosen for its 2024 Startup Collaborator program.

On Monday, Governor Kristi Noem and 15 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden opposing his mandates on electric vehicles.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack used his speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention to roll out more than $200 million in loans and grants through programs meant to bolster American production of fertilizer and renewable energy.

As the Houthis continue to attack vessels transiting the Red Sea, shippers are faced with rising war risk premiums, higher freight costs, surcharges and longer transit times. Meanwhile, the Panama Canal is still limiting the number of daily vessel transits to 24, down from 36 during normal navigation conditions, increasing transit delays and causing shippers to look for alternative, more expensive routes.

New legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House that would freeze H-2A worker wages at 2023 levels.

The South Dakota Corn Growers Association (SDCGA) adopted policy on the environmental and economic benefits of CO2 pipelines and related property rights issues at their Annual Meeting in Sioux Falls on Saturday, January 20th, 2024.

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Beam announced this week that Josh McGinn has been named Assistant Secretary of Agriculture at the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall touted many of his organization’s successes in a speech at its annual convention but pressed members for more action on a long list of the group’s priorities.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) strongly supports the Death Tax Repeal Act, led by Reps. Randy Feenstra (IA) and Sanford Bishop (GA). The Senate companion bill is led by Sen. John Thune (SD). Repealing the federal estate tax, also known as the Death Tax, is a top priority for NCBA.

Agriculture and environmental groups have asked the federal government to investigate Koch Industries' planned $3.6 billion acquisition of OCI Global's Iowa Fertilizer Company, expressing concern the transaction would further concentrate the fertilizer industry.

Placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots have declined for a second consecutive month.

A landmark alliance is launching free, anonymous, online mental health and wellbeing services to provide a nationwide safety net of confidential and on-demand support to farmers, ranchers and farm families.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday announced a pilot program to allow more cattle producers and meat processors to access better markets through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) official beef quality grading and certification.

Friday's release of the Jan. 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report will continue to be one of the main focuses of the cattle market over the next couple of days.

Ethanol stocks have grown for seven consecutive weeks.

Corn growers are reacting negatively to an International Trade Commission decision that domestic phosphate fertilizer manufacturers were “materially injured” by government-subsidized imports from Morocco and Russia.

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuels trade association, published its 2024 federal policy priorities this week.

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) announced Thursday it has a cooperative agreement with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, the two entities are working together to offer over $6.7 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain.

We will see another burst of strength from the polar vortex later this week and weekend, but then see it quickly leave and be replaced by the type of warmth we had seen in December, or at least close to it.

A livestock economist says there’s one area analysts are keeping a close eye on in this week’s Cattle on Feed report from the USDA.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is circulating some ideas for farm program reforms that include an increase in effective reference prices that would benefit all commodities, plus an unspecified improvement in marketing loans.

Precision Planting this week revealed their newest product, a fully custom, factory-built planting system called CornerStone.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the launch of the brand-new Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant Program, which has been created to increase on-farm dairy processing, reduce farm labor costs, and expand the availability of Iowa dairy products for consumers.

Farmers could see a greater opportunity to write off larger equipment purchases and buildings under a $78 billion bipartisan tax deal proposed Tuesday by the chairmen of the two major tax-writing committees in Congress.