The chairman for the U.S. House Ag Committee says farmers will need more support this year if a farm bill isn’t passed this summer.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is adjusting its New World screwworm (NWS) sterile fly dispersal strategy to help keep the pest out of the U.S., according to a news release from APHIS.

The final stamp of approval for a new six-year Master Contract Agreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), was secured today as ILA rank-and-file members, working at ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports, overwhelmingly ratified the landmark agreement. The extension to the Master Contract will be effective October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2030.

This week at the 2025 Winter Policy Conference, members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture called on the Congress to develop strategies to address agricultural labor stability challenges along with border security.

Earlier this week, Nebraska cattle producer and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Buck Wehrbein testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to share an update on policy priorities for the American cattle industry.

USDA forecasts farmers will produce a record corn crop in 2025-26 at 15.58 billion bushels (bb) while soybean production will also increase slightly to 4.37 bb despite lower planted soybean acres.

USDA specialists say the $1 billion investment in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza offers new solutions to combat the virus.

On Wednesday, the United States Senate voted to confirm Jamieson Greer as United States Trade Representative in a vote of 56-43.

Leaders of the U.S. ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry today expressed disappointment in Tuesday’s decision by the General Court of the European Union to dismiss a challenge against the ReFuelEU Aviation regulations brought by European biofuel producers.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Lori Stevermer, a pork producer from Easton, Minn.,brought the industry’s point of view to the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee today through her “Perspectives from the Field” hearing testimony.

The US Secretary of Agriculture says the USDA plans to invest $1 billion to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza.

In a nearly party line vote, the House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed a budget resolution that will help pass $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, but the plan calls for steep cuts in social programs such as nutrition, which imperils the likelihood of a farm bill.

American trade enforcement priorities are a focus of the new Congress.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spearhead a trade mission to Guatemala City, Guatemala, from March 3-7, to strengthen trade ties and expand U.S. agricultural exports across Central America.

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and partners throughout the state have worked with the Gulf Hypoxia Program (GHP) to develop a no-cost program with a focus on increasing the knowledge and use of soil sampling as a nutrient management practice to benefit farm operations. The program, titled Indiana’s Mississippi River Basin Soil Sampling Program, is open now for applicants.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the USDA will unveil the department’s plans to address highly pathogenic avian influenza this week.

Kansas State University agricultural economists are encouraging farmers to make time now to fully think through their options in advance of upcoming deadlines for federal farm and crop insurance programs that can offer financial assistance.

The calendar moves into the meteorological spring season (March, April and May) on Saturday, March 1, attention to soil temperature and moisture ahead of spring planting will ramp up. Across much of the Corn Belt, those soils do not have much in the bank when it comes to moisture reserves.

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) today announced it has entered into an agreement with South Dakota-based Medgene to leverage the company’s innovative vaccine platform technology.

The increasing digitization of agribusiness has brought unprecedented efficiency and connectivity to supply chains, but it has also introduced a growing and often underestimated threat: cyberattacks.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced late Thursday that USDA is releasing approximately $20 million in conservation contracts -- a small share of the dollars from contracts that farmers have signed in the past two years, as the Biden administration boosted conservation funding tied to climate-smart agriculture.

John Deere is planning a workforce reduction at its Des Moines Works plant in Ankeny, Iowa.

The Agriculture Department’s staff was downsized by federal employee layoffs. We asked Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., how the staff changes will impact rural America and if farmers should be concerned about the Department of Government Efficiency.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced the agency’s decision to uphold the current April 28, 2025, implementation date to provide parity for E15 and E10 in Midwestern states.

A bill that would have banned the sale of lab-grown protein for 10 years in South Dakota has failed in the Senate.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Thursday announced that USDA will release the first tranche of funding that was paused due to the review of funding in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

In light of the pressure the current highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or “bird flu”) outbreak is putting on the nation’s egg supply, and resulting record egg prices, the National Chicken Council (NCC) Thursday petitioned the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse or modify an Obama-era regulation that forces the broiler industry (chickens raised for meat) to discard perfectly nutritious and safe eggs.

U.S. farmers are projected to shift acreage to corn this spring as corn prices maintain an impressive run while prices for competing crops struggle to keep pace.