Category Archives: Agriculture News

The USDA has already allocated over $6 billion in payments under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Programs. Payment rates for specialty crops under the program are due in early April. "I believe we'll hav...

American Farm Bureau is posting on its website that U.S. farmers are bracing for a system shock resulting from the disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the impact on fertilizer ava...

  The American Lamb Board connected with professionals from across the retail meat industry at the 2026 Annual Meat Conference in Maryland. For U.S. sheep producers, ALB's presence at the event i...

  Senate Democrats are proposing sweeping legislation aimed at breaking up dominant U.S. meatpacking companies, arguing that greater competition could help lower grocery prices and improve condit...

California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass comments on the House Agriculture Committee's bipartisan passage of the new Farm Bill also known as H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security A...

House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson issued the following statement today upon the passage of the new Farm Bill also known as the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 o...

  Farmer outlook improved in February as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index rose from 113 points in January to 116. The Current Conditions Index increased by 11 points, wh...

  USDA is now predicting the agricultural trade deficit will drop to $29 billion in fiscal year 2026. That number is down from about $50 billion a year ago. Luke Lindberg, the USDA Undersecretary...