Category Archives: Agriculture News

Cover crops provide seasonal living cover in between a farmer's primary commodity crops and are often planted in the fall to provide winter cover for soil that might otherwise be bare. During the last...

Union Pacific will buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in a deal worth $85 billion. Union Pacific also says this would create the first coast-to-coast freight rail operator in the U.S. Reuters reports ...

More Reaction to Indonesia-U.S. Trade FrameworkThe White House announced a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade with Indonesia that will unlock significant market access for American farmers...

Thanks to a new partnership, dairy producers will soon have additional options for achieving and marketing verified greenhouse gas reductions from on-farm sustainability practices. The National Milk P...

The Trump administration says there won't be a crackdown on pesticide use in the U.S. Politico says that's despite a report from the Make America Healthy Again Committee that called crop protection pr...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new comprehensive plan to boost USDA's efforts to combat foodborne illness. She spoke during the opening of USDA's new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Labora...

All summer, Farmers for Free Trade has been on the road and holding events called Tariff Town Halls in half a dozen states. The events all brought together farmers, business leaders, economists, and t...