The National Pork Board (NPB) has named David Newman as the organization's new CEO, effective Sept. 1.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on a federal court decision that vacates a burdensome and unfair disaggregation labor rule, which is part of the 2023 Adverse Effect Wage Rate Rule.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins on Thursday announced a commitment to new actions (PDF, 1.2 MB) to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S. and recruit new veterinarians to join the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in their role to protect American ranchers, animals, and our food supply.

With large crops and low prices, leaders representing corn and soybean farmers are pressing the need for more demand for their crops, whether it is selling more biofuels or re-establishing export sales with China.

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) on Tuesday announced a $2 billion investment from Cronus Chemicals LLC (Cronus) to construct a new fertilizer production facility in Tuscola, Illinois.

The latest Rural Mainstreet Index says the ag economy weakened during August.

For Charlie and Jeremy Kootz, a father-son team farming near the Kannapolis Reservoir in Ellsworth County, cover crops are more than conservation.

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden suggested Tuesday that USDA officials are looking at a "bridge" policy that would help crop farmers facing low commodity prices until stronger price supports take effect next year.

China, the largest buyer of US soybeans, has yet to make a purchase for the 2025-2026 marketing year.

Solutions from the Land submitted the following statement in response to USDA’s call for comments on the Department’s proposed reorganization plan.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Monday announced a new state-funded conservation cost-share pilot project supporting farmers and landowners in the watersheds upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas. The Streamside Buffer Initiative encourages farmers and landowners living in these priority watersheds to add perennial buffers to fields along streams to prevent nutrients from entering these important source water areas.

The first case of New World screwworm (NWS) was confirmed in a human in Maryland by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in coordination with the Maryland Department of Health.

Not a lot of changes to the USDA’s national crop condition ratings over the past week.

When retail prices for any consumer product reach record high levels, the corresponding drop in demand usually materializes in short order. Beef appears to be among the few exceptions to that rule, having defied common expectations surrounding price elasticity.

University of Missouri Extension, SCN Diagnostics and Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council are again offering free testing for soybean cyst nematode (SCN), the No. 1 pathogen of soybean in the United States.

The USDA says 1.598 million cattle were placed into U.S. feedlots during July 2025.

The Trump administration granted full small-refinery exemptions on 63 petitions to the Renewable Fuel Standard, while granting partial exemptions on 77 petitions and denying 28 petitions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday.

China has not made any U.S. soybean purchases from this fall's crop, which has growers concerned about the relationship with the largest U.S. soybean purchaser ahead of harvest. We asked Ted McKinney, CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, about the trade landscape and what he's watching for in USDA’s quarterly ag trade outlook due this week.

Currently, soybean gall midge is known to occur in 185 counties across seven states in the Midwest. Eight new counties have been confirmed in 2025, with five of those being in Iowa.

The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade (“Framework Agreement”).

Friday's USDA Aug. 1 Cattle on Feed report could come out to be neutral. But, then again, it could turn out to be quite bullish if July placements are on the lower end of analysts' expectations.

The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says farmers might need more federal assistance to make it through 2026.

Corn growers are stepping up efforts to stay ahead of rising mycotoxin risks by expanding a proven research model that has delivered results for more than a decade.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the rapid implementation of significant enhancements to federal crop insurance programs following the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) on July 4, 2025.

It's been hot this summer, especially on the eastern and western ends of the U.S. Temperatures have routinely been above normal. But summer is almost over, and, according to the meteorological calendar, that will occur at the start of September.

The American Soybean Association is urging President Trump to prioritize soybeans in U.S.-China trade talks, warning that retaliatory tariffs are shutting American farmers out of their largest export market going into the 2025 soybean harvest.

A policy advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says agricultural credit conditions were weaker in the second quarter of 2025 than last year.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tuesday issued a declaration that allows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the New World Screwworm (NWS). This declaration applies only to drugs for animals.