The GROWMARK and CHS Boards of Directors are pleased to announce that they have jointly agreed to conduct an exploratory process over the coming months to identify opportunities for the two cooperatives to further collaborate to better serve owners, customers and the cooperative system into the future.

Farmers and ranchers would like to see increased crop insurance subsidies and commodity price supports in the new farm bill, and a strong majority support cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to an exclusive Agri-Pulse producer poll.

An ag economist says livestock producers could see some relief in 2024.

Satellite-based remote sensing allows us to see much more than we can see when standing on the ground.

Starlink announced a deal with John Deere Tuesday morning in which the world's largest farm machinery manufacturer will begin equipping new and existing machines across the United States and Brazil with Starlink this year.

U.S. farmers produced a record corn crop in 2023.

An Arkansas Republican who's co-leading a House Agriculture Committee working group on farm labor says the ongoing problems at the U.S-Mexico border make it harder for lawmakers to address producers' need for more workers.

Fueled by record performances in Mexico, Central America and Colombia, November exports of U.S. pork reached the highest value since mid-2021, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and former Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill are the recipients of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 Distinguished Service Award and Farm Bureau Founders Award, respectively.

Another stopgap bill is expected to avoid a partial government shutdown next week.

Following this week’s announcement of a bipartisan agreement on topline funding levels for fiscal year 2024 appropriations and as negotiations still continue in Congress on a final budget, the Administration believes it is critical that final appropriations bills fully fund WIC, to allow the program to continue to serve all eligible pregnant women, mothers, infants, and children who apply.

Biofuel producers and farmers were caught between two storms at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit on Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications for the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (Continuous CRP) signup on Jan. 12, 2024.

Grocery prices rose just 0.1% in December for the second month in a row and are up 1.3% year over year as food inflation continues to moderate, according to the latest Consumer Price Index.

A storm system emerging from the western U.S. will cross the southern Plains by Thursday night and reach peak intensity over the eastern Corn Belt on Friday.

The political flashpoint of foreign ownership of agricultural land isn't going away as more bills are offered in statehouses and governors take executive actions to add reporting requirements, restrictions and bans.

Attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea have the potential to disrupt global trade.

While some farmers are likely to see negative net cash farm incomes this year, many should have cash reserves from strong recent years to help carry them forward, a top ag economist says.

A livestock economist says cattle markets are starting 2024 in a much better position than they were last year.

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has lowered its soybean and corn production outlooks.

At least a couple of cuts in the Fed interest rate are likely in 2024, offering short-term support for farmland values; but the astounding growth in land values remains susceptible to a 1980s-like crash as the country's long-term debt problem looms.

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuels trade association, this week filed two petitions for rehearing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Court’s 2023 decision on small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Iowa’s farmland values rose again, albeit at a slower pace than the last two years.

Farmers believe the nation is on the wrong track, and a strong plurality support electing Donald Trump to another term as president, according to a poll commissioned by Agri-Pulse of producers across the country.

Congress is working out the details of a new budget after an agreement was reached on a $1.6 trillion funding limit over the weekend and an agricultural lobbyist says the work will take priority over advancing a new farm bill.

Nearly 70 groups will receive $203 million in fiscal 2024 grants awarded through USDA's Market Access and Foreign Market Development programs.

A huge winter storm is moving across the United States early this week for both the central and eastern part of the country.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor will lead the agribusiness trade mission to New Delhi, India, from April 22-25, 2024. USDA is now accepting applications from U.S. exporters who wish to join this delegation.