Category Archives: Agriculture News

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.6% in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.2% in July. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index increased 3.7% before s...

The Center for Food Safety filed a legal appeal against the USDA in response to its genetically engineered labeling rules. The organization says those rules do not mandate clear on-package food labeli...

American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist Roger Cryan testified at the ongoing Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing Formula hearing. Farm Bureau membership includes cooperatives and independent ...

The USDA is expanding crop insurance options with a new grapevine insurance program. It will provide coverage for the loss of grafted vines caused by natural perils like frost or fire. The new program...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture says the feed industry diverted more than 18.5 million tons of byproducts from human food, fiber and biofuel production to livestock feed last year.By...

A once-in-a-generation hearing on federal milk pricing started this week.USDA's Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing is an opportunity for dairy producers to make their case for changes to the pricing...

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...