John Hoeven, the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, defends removing restrictions on USDA's use of the Commodity Credit Corporation for assisting farmers.

Placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots were up sharply last month.

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Mike Braun on Thursday released a report entitled, “Feeding the Future,” which examines the challenges that older farmers are facing and provides recommendations to Congress and the Administration to secure America’s future in agriculture.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Buena Vista County, Iowa.

More than 60 farm groups on Thursday wrote U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, calling on her to reconsider her department's punitive duties on phosphate imports from Morocco.

A climatologist says the new Seasonal Drought Outlook shows much-needed relief for many areas of the Corn Belt and Delta.

House Republicans descended into further chaos Thursday, unable to agree on a plan for a temporary speaker, and Speaker-designate Jim Jordan unwilling to drop end his race.

Five states reported more highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks in poultry, including Minnesota and South Dakota, where the virus struck again at commercial turkey farms, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said in its latest updates.

Amid historic lows in the nation’s cowherd, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and South Dakota State University are spearheading the Great Plains Heifer Development Program, to help beef producers optimize heifer development and reproductive efficiency at the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory near Concord, Nebraska.

Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said some of his fellow House Republicans and their backers "have lost all sense of boundaries" in the push to move Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan into the House Speaker's office.

Legal experts gave senators conflicting views Wednesday on whether the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision is consistent with the science around the connectivity of waters.

The U.S. ethanol supply dropped to multi-year lows last week due to solid demand and a recent dip on production.

In May of 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called American Association of Universities leaders for help to assist Ukrainian universities during the war with Russia.

Two state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Labs are now open to students at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES).

The US House will attempt to elect a speaker on Wednesday after Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan failed on the first ballot.

The retail prices of all eight major fertilizers climbed higher in the second week of October, with anhydrous, MAP and UAN32 posting the largest gains.

By unanimous vote, the Farm Credit Administration board approved a final rule governing the Farm Credit System’s service to young, beginning, and small (YBS) farmers and ranchers. T

If the last seven weeks of hearing testimony is any indication, USDA has a major challenge ahead in formulating proposed changes to the federal milk marketing order and balancing the wish lists of dairy producers and processors.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday highlighted progress made in partnering with farmers and American businesses to increase innovative domestic fertilizer production and in making it easier for U.S. farmers to grow food through the practice of double cropping.

The CEO of the American Soybean Association says the group is monitoring today’s vote to select a new speaker of the U.S. House.

The Agriculture Department paid landowners more than $1.77 billion in 2023 for the more than 23 million acres of private land in the Conservation Reserve Program.

General Mills, Walmart and Sam’s Club announced a collaboration today to help accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture on 600,000 acres in the U.S. by 2030.

The first frost of the year can set unwary cattle producers up for some harsh health setbacks in the herd, including prussic acid poisoning, nitrate poisoning and bloat.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s proposed new fuel economy standards “greatly missed the intent” of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program to enhance energy security, according to technical comments filed Monday by the National Corn Growers Association, Renewable Fuels Association and National Farmers Union.

Ed Greiman, general manager of Upper Iowa Beef, was ecstatic when U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited his 470-head-a-day cattle packing plant in Lime Springs, Iowa.

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, is expressing confidence that he can still move a bipartisan farm bill after conversations with Rep. Jim Jordan, a long-time critic of farm policy who’s trying to win the House speakership.

The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the application deadline for the Milk Loss Program (MLP) to Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, allowing more time for eligible dairy farmers to apply for much-needed, weather-related disaster recovery assistance.

Wheat export sales hit a marketing year high during the week ending October 5th.