Category Archives: Agriculture News

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...

Farmers and ranchers are slightly more optimistic that Congress will get a new farm bill passed this year. However, Successful Farming says they don't think the farm bill will get used to overturn Cal...

Purdue University/CME Group's Ag Economy Barometer Index rose 17 points in June to a reading of 121. The upswing in farmer sentiment was driven by producers' more optimistic view of the future.However...

Agricultural exporters are paying close attention to contract negotiations at the nation's West Coast ports. The Pacific Maritime Association is accusing workers of deliberately slowing down operation...

Lawmakers introduced the Safe American Food Exports Act. The legislation would codify USDA's role in negotiating regionalization agreements that allow livestock, poultry, and other animal products fro...

A new tool from the Department of Agriculture seeks to help industry and small disadvantaged entities identify potential opportunities for selling their products and services to the department.Small b...