At a reception Monday evening on Capitol Hill, a small group of actors, a farmer from Indiana and an upstart whiskey distiller were all championing a new documentary on farming, "Common Ground," and their drive to promote regenerative farming practices on 100 million acres by the end of the decade.

The world’s fourth-largest population, rising incomes and strong development of the retail and foodservice sectors are among the factors that point to expanding export opportunities for U.S. red meat in Indonesia.

Seeing Congress heading toward a government shutdown led by House members, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said Tuesday that her chamber will take a lead in passing the farm bill ahead of the House.

Recent efforts to renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative have once again stalled.

USDA’s plan to spend $1.4 billion to pay for a new export promotion program will provide the increase in market development funding that commodity groups have been trying to get through the farm bill, says Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

Recently, Clean Fuels Alliance America, the American Soybean Association, the National Oilseed Processors Association, and the U.S. Canola Association delivered a letter to Senior Advisor John Podesta urging the Biden administration to support the investments made by U.S. companies and farmers who are ramping up production of sustainable aviation fuel.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) Director Brian Baldridge recently announced the statewide expansion of H2Ohio’s incentive program for agriculture producers.

For the second year in a row at harvest time, low water levels on the Lower Mississippi River and tributaries are causing a big headache for shippers and also farmers who rely on river terminals to haul their new crop. In turn, barge freight costs are rising, having a negative effect on what farmers are paid for their crop.

Fall harvest time can be one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year for the agriculture industry. For this reason, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety and Health Week.

The U.S. corn and soybean harvests are just ahead of average. Weather has been favorable for early harvest activity in most of the Midwest and Plains, but some areas are expected to see rain delays later this week.

House Ag Committee member David Rouzer hopes the EATS Act, which would bar states from regulating the treatment of farm animals raised in other states, can be incorporated in the next farm bill.

As farming for carbon credits gains traction across the agricultural landscape, farmers and soil conservationists need easy-to-understand benchmarks to measure and monitor carbon. An Iowa State University team is poised to help.

Funding for USDA and several other federal agencies would be cut by more than 8% over the month of October under a budget proposal pitched over the weekend by a group of House Republicans to get past the chamber's budget impasse.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is taking new steps to further modernize its approach to evaluating and supporting the development of innovative animal and veterinary products, to increase regulatory flexibility, predictability and efficiency.

The state climatologist for Illinois says there is a heightened risk for field fires across the Midwest this harvest season.

The Department of Agriculture has agreed to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds to spend about $1.4 billion on a program to help farm groups market their commodities overseas and about $1.1 billion to pay for commodity-based international food aid, according to sources.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently announced the formation of the Livestock Protection Innovation Grant Program. The program will provide grant funding to assist Iowa-based companies in the development of safe and effective vaccines that may help protect Iowa livestock from foreign animal diseases.

The full U.S. Senate is considering the first three appropriation bills to fund the government for Fiscal Year 2024.

With two weeks left until the current farm bill expires, key players are still floating ideas about what should be in any new farm bill -- and pushing back on ideas as well.

The GOP-controlled House on Thursday advanced a bill that would eliminate states' ability to ban the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines under the Clean Air Act.

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) completed the second part of its 2023 summer Farm Bill fly-ins. The first round of hill visits happened earlier this summer in July.

August 2023 was Earth’s hottest August in NOAA’s 174-year climate record.

Harvest season is upon us and the relatively dry conditions for most of the country over the last several weeks have given rise to early dry-down and allowed equipment to get out into the fields.

The USDA is projecting the largest ag trade deficit in more than two decades for Fiscal Year 2024 and a livestock economist says there are several contributing factors.

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to complete its strategy to address the impact of herbicides on endangered species by May 2024.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is once again receiving reports of consumers receiving unsolicited packages containing seeds from China in the mail.

Earlier this week, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) spoke at the Growth Energy Biofuels Summit where she was presented with the organization’s 2023 Fueling Growth Award for her work to support homegrown fuels.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack didn't pull any punches on Tuesday when talking about rural America's and ethanol's future in sustainable aviation fuel production.