Category Archives: Agriculture News

A new U.S. Senate bipartisan bill would break down barriers to farming and agricultural land ownership. The goal is to help more Americans pursue farming careers. The bipartisan Farm Transition Act of...

More than thirty agriculture groups released the eighth annual "Feeding the Economy" report. The study helps estimate the direct and indirect economic contributions of the food and agriculture industr...

The 2024 growing season is expected to bring a unique combination of El Nio this spring through early summer before switching to La Nia in late summer through early fall. Farmers Business Network says...

Farmers in the Fresno Irrigation District can start taking water deliveries on April 1st.FID says it's too early to tell how long the irrigation season will last.But the district is expecting to have ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the finalization of a rule to align the voluntary "Product of USA" label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means. Vilsack made the announc...

Applications are open for the Angus Foundation's Commercial Cattlemen Scholarship, which awards four $1,500 scholarships to outstanding young people in the beef industry. This scholarship is unique fr...

The AM for Every Vehicle Act has hit the magic number of voting co-sponsors it will need to ensure passage through the House of Representatives. Sponsors of the House legislation announced they had pi...

The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose modestly in February posting a reading of 111, five points higher than a month earlier. The modest rise in the barometer was attributable to p...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is calling on lawmakers to pass the minibus appropriations package announced over the weekend by congressional leadership. The bill prevents a governmen...

The USDA says the number of U.S. farms has dropped to under two million for the first time since before the Civil War. The numbers come from the 2022 Census of Agriculture. In 2022, there were 1,900,4...