Category Archives: Agriculture News
USDA Assistance For Dairy Farmers
The USDA is providing additional assistance for U.S. dairy producers, including a second round of payments through the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program. The agency also announced a new Or...
Cumulus Media Jan 24, 2023
Groups representing agriculture, infrastructure, housing, and petroleum filed a legal challenge to the new Waters of the U.S. Rule. "The Biden Administration's WOTUS definition is an attack on farmers...
Cumulus Media Jan 20, 2023
Equipment Sales Mixed in 2022
Combine harvester sales finished 2022 with healthy gains in unit sales while ag tractors finished below 2021 levels in both the U.S. and Canada. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers says total U...
Cumulus Media Jan 12, 2023
Updated Guidelines for Poultry Care
The National Chicken Council developed the NCC Broiler Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist in 1999. The goal was to help poultry producers show consumers that all of the birds were being treated wi...
Cumulus Media Jan 11, 2023
USDA Offers More Help To Farmers
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several major developments at the USDA that will help benefit farmers and ranchers across the nation. Speaking at the AFBF annual convention in Puerto Rico, Vilsack ...
Cumulus Media Jan 10, 2023
More Farmers Planting Cover Crops
Cover crops are an increasingly popular management practice among many U.S. farmers. The goal is to provide seasonal living cover between their primary commodity cash crops. Farmers plant those cover ...
Cumulus Media Jan 09, 2023
More Seasonal Workers
It's well known that American agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers can fill seasonal farm jobs with temporary foreign workers through the H-2A Visa Program. The Departm...
Cumulus Media Dec 29, 2022
Ag’s Share of Total Export Value Hits New High
The total value of U.S. exports has grown at an average annual rate of 6% since 2002, reaching a record high of $1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2021. Agriculture's share of total U.S. exports has steadil...
Cumulus Media Dec 28, 2022
Egg Prices Reach New Highs
Egg prices are hitting record levels. Free Republic Dot Com says the surge in price is being driven by an avian-influenza outbreak that's killed tens of millions of chickens and turkeys in the U.S. th...
Cumulus Media Dec 27, 2022
New Report Calls For Dairy Reform
A new report from the American Farm Bureau Federation lays out priorities, principles, and recommendations for reforming dairy policy. A Farm Bureau Working Group explored options for strengthening th...
Cumulus Media Dec 23, 2022
Poll
Daily Buzz Question: 11.6.2025
Should California provide single-person cells to all prisoners, even if it means higher costs and fewer available beds?
Yes — single cells improve safety, mental health, and rehabilitation outcomes
No — it’s too expensive and reduces capacity in an already strained system
Not sure — I’d need to see data on cost and impact
Voting Ends: Nov 6, 2025 | 7:00 PM




