Category Archives: Agriculture News

The organization called Farmers for Free Trade is asking all 2024 presidential candidates to prioritize new market access trade agreements to strengthen U.S. agriculture and decrease reliance on China...

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley who is from the nation's top pork producing state of Iowa vows to fight in the farm bill, California Proposition 12.That voter approved measure bans sale of pork in the sta...

Fertilizer prices have continued their more than year-long decline through the first two weeks of August.The University of Illinois' FarmdocDAILY website shows that on a per pound of nitrogen basis, u...

Study Shows Positive Economic Impact of Soil HealthThe Soil Health Institute and the National Association of Conservation Districts announced the results of a nationwide study showing how improving so...

California accounts for nearly all renewable diesel consumption in the United States, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. California’s consumption of renewa...

Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase the transparency and oversight of foreign ownership in America's agricultural industry. The "Farml...

The USDA is accepting offers for nearly 2.7 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners in this year's Grassland Conservation Reserve Program signup. The program received a record...

The bill was introduced by Republican Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Roger Marshall of Kansas and Mike Braun of Indiana. The legislation would limit the disbursal of funds through the USDA's financi...

For those whose primary experience with corn is the butter-drenched cob variety, it might come as a surprise that other forms of sweet corn are in trouble. A new University of Illinois Urbana-Champaig...

The USDA is expanding insurance coverage options for specialty crops and other actual production history crop programs. Through the Risk Management Agency, it will expand the availability of enterpris...