Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce Wednesday that USDA will spend $300 million to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.

Moscow seems intent on letting the Black Sea Grain Initiative expire this coming Monday, but the United Nations is equally resolved to preserve the deal and prevent food prices from rising in some of the poorest nations.

Indigo Ag, the innovative leader and trusted partner in sustainable agriculture, announced a program with Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., a subsidiary of CGB Enterprises, Inc. and a leader in the grain and transportation industries, designed to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainably grown crops sourced by CGB.

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced legislation to curb wasteful spending at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

USDA's July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report doesn't typically touch yield estimates for corn or soybeans, but given this year's early drought throughout the Midwest, there is a good chance USDA will at least adjust the corn yield, in addition to following up on findings from its June 30 reports.

The USDA’s national corn and soybean condition ratings improved last week.

A Labor Department investigation has found at least two teenagers — one 16 years old and the other 17 — operating meat-processing equipment in violation of federal child labor restrictions at Monogram Meat Snacks LLC in Chandler, Minnesota.

Xochitl Torres Small has been confirmed as the next deputy ag secretary for USDA.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the opening of the financial assistance application process for eligible farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs prior to January 2021.

The executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition says water levels on the lower Mississippi River are starting to get comparable to last year as the drought persists.

Led by another outstanding month in Mexico and robust demand for variety meat, exports of U.S. pork continued to gain momentum in May, according to data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF. While well below the record-large volume and value posted in May 2022, beef exports improved from April and were the second largest (behind March) of 2023.

A European Food Safety Authority review did not find “any critical areas of concern” in a peer review it conducted of a risk assessment of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as the European Union prepares to vote later this year on the future of the herbicide on the continent.

Agricultural land values in Nebraska climbed 14% from 2022 to 2023 to $3,835 per acre. That average includes seven land classes that include everything from center-pivot irrigated row-crop farms to grazing land.

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirms the state’s first anthrax case in animals in more than a decade in Kittson County, affecting multiple cattle and a horse, and has quarantined the affected property.

Aimpoint Research, a global strategic intelligence firm, released a new report, “A Future Without Glyphosate" exploring the complexities of glyphosate’s impact on our agricultural system, farmers’ livelihoods, the economy, and the environment if the most widely used herbicide in the U.S. was no longer available.

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.