Category Archives: Agriculture News

The US Environmental Protection Agency pulled a report offline regarding glyphosate that the agency said was inadvertently published earlier this week. Pro Farmer's First Thing Today said the EPA note...

The latest negotiating round on the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the US and the European Union concluded in New York. The Hagstrom Report says talks are expected to continue ...

The American Feed Industry Association is pleased to support a white paper from the University of California-Davis on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. The paper is titled "Livestock's Contribu...

According to a new USDA survey, California's 2015 almond acreage is estimated at 1,110,000 acres, up 6 percent from the 2014 revised acreage of 1,050,000. Of the total acreage for 2015, 890,000 acres ...

US retail sales of farm tractors under 40 horsepower were up 33 percent for March of 2016, and up 26 percent year-to-date. A report on Successful Farming at Agriculture.com says the 2 wheel drive cate...

The FBI is warning agriculture against data breaches that may expose farming data through internet-connected farming equipment, according to Precision Farming Dealer magazine. The FBI, along with USDA...

The Vermont Retail and Grocers Association wants the state to delay its GMO labeling law that is slated to start July first. The Vermont Business Magazine reported Monday that the Association is suppo...

The U.S. Senate failed to pass a measure that would block the Clean Water Act rule, otherwise known as the Waters of the U.S. rule. Senators voted 56-42, failing to reach the required 60 votes to atta...

A new study says federal cooperative extension programs at land-grant universities help farmers stay in business. The researchers say since 1985, 137,000 farmers would have left the industry without t...

Florida’s citrus growers say as much as 90 percent of citrus acreage and 80 percent of trees are infected by the deadly greening disease, which is making a huge dent in the state’s $10.7 b...