The challenges of farm labor across the country are suddenly a national concern as the debate over aggressive deportations clashes with domestic food policy.

258 food and agriculture groups representing millions of American farmers, ranchers, producers, and manufacturers sent a letter calling on the Make America Healthy Again Commission to create greater transparency and input in the commission’s activities.

The University of Idaho released the finalized results of their 10-year study looking into the impacts of grazing on greater sage grouse populations. The study concluded that cattle grazing does not negatively impact greater sage grouse and can only benefit the species through building robust habitat, increasing forage, and reducing invasive grasses that lead to catastrophic wildfires.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) Monday released legislative text within the Finance Committee’s jurisdiction for inclusion in Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill.

Despite comments from President Donald Trump to back off immigration raids on farms, the Department of Homeland Security told Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders of its 30 field agencies on Monday that agents must continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants, The Washington Post reported late Monday.

The USDA’s crop condition rating changes were mixed on the week. Corn and spring wheat both saw improvements, while soybeans and winter wheat dipped, all responding to prevailing weather conditions in key growing areas differently.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has confirmed a case of Theileriosis, caused by Theileria orientalis Ikeda, in a herd of cattle in southeast Iowa for the first time.

The Trump administration proposed a record 24.02 billion gallons of biofuels be blended in 2026, with biomass-based diesel seeing a more than 2-billion-gallon jump from 2025 to 5.61 billion gallons in 2026, in a Renewable Fuel Standard proposal released Friday.

The Senate Ag Committee recently released budget reconciliation text that includes a boost to some key farm bill programs and a less aggressive state SNAP cost share proposal than the House. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., discusses the proposal and her recent meeting with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the Make America Healthy Again Commission report.

A field sales representative says recent weather conditions in parts of Kanas have created an ideal environment for tar spot development.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is reporting the first detection of the Asian longhorned tick (ALHT) in the state.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a major step forward to strengthen American energy security and support American farmers by proposing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for 2026 and 2027.

Farmers would be paid the higher calculated payment rate under Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for the 2025 crop year under the Senate Agriculture Committee's proposal for budget reconciliation.

Following three high-profile and alarming arrests by FBI and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents of Chinese nationals who allegedly smuggled deadly plant pathogens into U.S. research facilities without authorization, Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Josh Riley (NY-19) introduced the bipartisan Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats (PLANT) Act.

Farmers and landowners in Iowa have had mixed reactions to Governor Kim Reynolds’ veto of a bill that would have limited the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines.

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) Wednesday released legislative text for the budget reconciliation package that will rein in runaway spending in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) while promoting fiscal responsibility and investing in rural America and America’s farm families.

National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio, released the following statement on the inclusion of NPPC’s animal health priorities in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation package.

U.S. ethanol production and stocks both notched notable milestones last week.

Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have made it difficult to build carbon pipelines in the state.

The U.S. Senate plans to have the text of its reconciliation package out by Friday.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins congratulates Judge Stephen Vaden on his confirmation to serve as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.

A group of Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday wrote House and Senate appropriation leaders asking them to "fully fund and preserve the autonomy" of USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) labs in Illinois, Delaware and California.

In a formal letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), R-CALF USA’s Animal Health Committee called for swift approval to add ivermectin as an oral feed-through in livestock and wildlife feeds as a precaution against the potential introduction of New World Screwworm (NWS).

Both U.S. corn and soybean crop conditions improved slightly last week, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council says exports to China have fallen to COVID-era levels as the impact of tariffs continues.

Fusarium graminearum is a globally distributed plant pathogen capable of causing plant diseases, including Fusarium head blight of wheat and small grains and Gibberella ear rot of corn.

Kansas State University researchers are working on a project to analyze the opportunities available by using drone thermal imaging in cattle feed yards.

After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline. July 15 is a major deadline for most crops, but acreage reporting deadlines vary by county and by crop.