The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its insurance coverage options for specialty crops and other actual production history (APH) crop programs.

Agriculture and renewable energy groups have told EPA the agency is pursuing an impractical, single technology solution for auto emissions that fails to account for the benefits of biofuels.

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was signed three years ago this week and American agriculture has continued to benefit since.

Three seasoned cattlemen -- one large commercial operator, one seedstock producer, and one feedlot manager -- sat down over the Fourth of July holiday and bantered back and forth over what makes a "perfect" cow.

An ag lobbyist says it will be challenging for Congress to get additional money to fund what is projected to be most expensive farm bill in history.

At least 83 people were injured — sometimes fatally — working in grain bins, livestock waste handling facilities, cotton module builders and other confined spaces last year, a nearly 41% increase over 2021, according to a new Purdue University report.

Sentera, the industry-leading provider of ag analytics, announces the launch of its Crop Damage analytics to empower researchers, product developers, retail ag advisors, and crop insurance professionals to make critical decisions about mitigation strategies for key weather events.

With rainfall going through the southern half of the Corn Belt last week, it appeared crop conditions were likely to improve when Monday's USDA Crop Progress report came out. However, we saw mixed conditions.

The Illinois State Fair announced the livestock entry deadline for the 2023 Illinois State Fair has been extended to July 7.

Russia’s threat to pull out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative continues to threaten global supplies of wheat and corn, but China would be one of the biggest losers if that happens.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is urging farmers to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a new proposal on multi-pollutant emissions standards.

AGCO Corp. and its technology arm, Precision Planting, put on display at the farm of Steve, Lucas and Wesley Bolinger in Pembroke, Kentucky, showcasing a half-dozen systems sporting technologies already on the market or soon to be.

It’s county fair season in Kansas, and while local events are a great way to enjoy the sun and time with friends, heat can be an invisible fun bandit for livestock.

There were minimal changes to the USDA’s national corn and soybean ratings last week.

July is expected to be a crucial month in the ongoing right-to-repair antitrust case against John Deere, as the federal judge in the case is set to hold a hearing on several key motions in the next few weeks.

A market analyst says it’s unclear what happened to the soybean acres that didn’t get planted in the United States this spring.

A handful of farm policy lobbyists say the debate to fund the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration could offer them insight into how the politics of Capitol Hill might shape the farm bill reauthorization process.

Tar spot of corn has been confirmed(opens in new window) in two northern Missouri counties: Holt County in northwestern Missouri and Marion County in northeastern Missouri, as well as in six counties in central Iowa and one in northeastern Kansas.

Though the stress of calving season is behind us, cattle producers have to stay vigilant, because things like nursing calf pneumonia and pinkeye can take a lot of the fun out of baseball games and county fairs.

The chief economist for the USDA says while farm incomes won’t reach the record levels of 2022 this year, the overall outlook for the farm economy is strong.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and litigation partners filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas asking the court to strike down the Biden administration’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA.

Consumers are starting to slow purchases of plant-based meat alternatives as their promises of improved sustainability don’t overcome the health considerations of those alternatives, according to a new report from Rabobank.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2023, was 72.4 million head. This was up slightly from June 1, 2022, but down 1% from March 1, 2023, USDA NASS reported on Thursday.

Celebrating the 4th of July with a cookout will cost significantly more than two years ago, although prices have fallen slightly from record highs in 2022.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted USDA’s investments to increase independent meat and poultry processing capacity and expand market opportunities for fertilizer producers, farmers and rural business owners in Iowa.

On Friday, June 30, at 11 a.m. CDT, USDA will issue its annual Acreage report and the Grain Stocks report for June 1, a combination that may briefly turn traders' attention from the weather forecasts.

The Biden administration plans to incorporate a recent Supreme Court decision into its existing Waters of the U.S. rulemaking rather than withdraw the rule in its entirety.

Managing drought stress is a hot topic at BASF’s Showcase Plot Tour at their Midwest Research Farm in Seymour, Illinois today.