A congressional proposal to bar states from regulating agricultural products produced or manufactured in other states has divided governors and state agriculture officials.

Have you ever taken a closer look at your spending and been shocked by how much you pay for subscription services? The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) can be a similar drain on your finances, flying under the radar and chipping away yield potential as years pass.

The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday proposed a new rule that would strengthen protections for farm workers in the H-2A program and help prevent abuses that undermine wages and standards for all agricultural workers.

The USDA has raised its outlook for the 2023 U.S. corn crop, while cutting the projection for soybeans.

An ag economist says Tuesday’s supply and demand numbers from the USDA will be significant to the nation’s cattle and hog producers.

Basil Gooden, a former Virginia agriculture secretary who has been directing state operations for USDA Rural Development for the past two years, was nominated Monday by President Joe Biden to be the department’s new undersecretary for rural development.

With increasing production and limited crop drying this fall, the propane outlook looks favorable for the agriculture sector.

The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Milk Loss Program (MLP) assistance for eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events and the consequences of those weather events that inhibited delivery or storage of milk (e.g., power outages, impassable roads, infrastructure losses, etc.) during calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022. 

India is reducing the basic tariff on some U.S. poultry products including turkey and duck, a significant advancement for U.S. poultry exports, it was announced Friday.

A market analyst says he’s closely watching yield estimates in next Tuesday’s supply and demand report from the USDA.

Sen. Tina Smith remains optimistic that the farm bill can be approved by the end of the year, in part because of the progress the Senate is making on appropriations bills.

Although EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced a delay in a review of National Ambient Air Quality standards until after the 2024 presidential election, 32 business groups, including agriculture interests, are already making their voice heard about what the standards should include.

During drought, plants and livestock suffer. So do farmers. Life in rural America can be rough, especially when weather-related events such as drought and flood put crops and livestock at risk.

Kansas State University agricultural economics and veterinary medicine staff are taking their knowledge on animal record-keeping to mobile phones with an app that is now available in app stores for IPhone and Android devices.

A yield survey by a commodity and brokerage firm shows that record heat this summer could lower US corn and soybean production.

A federal appeals court has been asked to review a September 2022 court ruling that kept a USDA bioengineered foods labeling rule largely in place.

U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation that will expand financing opportunities for first-time farmers and small and mid-size manufacturers in Ohio, Iowa and around the country.

A new study of 30 geographically diverse farms shows that growers who consistently employ soil health management practices such as cover crops and reduced tillage spend less on inputs and make more money.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists at the Louisville Port of Entry intercepted several shipments containing Porky Pig’s relatives not declared in boxes hoping to avoid detection.

Carbon pipelines continue to struggle to gain approval from state regulators.

An ag economist says he is optimistic new economic baseline data can help lawmakers write a farm bill that helps farmers weather uncertainties of the future.

A new Aimpoint Research report, which delves into the psychographics, demographics, and behavioral data of U.S. farmers in a post-pandemic but still volatile environment, indicates the pace of change across American agriculture is moving at a faster rate than previously predicted.

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark), Ranking Member, are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use its authorities under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act to support opportunities for American farmers.

Bayer recently reported the discovery of two likely dicamba-resistant waterhemp populations in Iowa, which warrants a discussion on best management practices to slow the evolution of resistant waterhemp populations.

A federal judge in Minnesota has stayed an ongoing lawsuit to prevent the state from adopting California's electric-vehicle mandate as a similar case continues in a federal appeals court.

China says it is ready to join the plant biotechnology revolution, opening its fields to the widespread cultivation of genetically modified soybean and corn crops in an effort to bolster domestic production, but it’s unclear if the transformation will benefit U.S. exports.

U.S. farmers’ sentiment weakened in August compared to July as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dipped 8 points to a reading of 115. This month’s decline was fueled by producers’ weaker perception of current conditions both on their farms and in U.S. agriculture as the Current Conditions Index fell 13 points to a reading of 108.

Corn and soybean conditions declined modestly ahead of widespread harvest in the U.S. Corn Belt with both rated 53% good to excellent.