Category Archives: Agriculture News

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...

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...

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...

Ahead of National Ag Day on March 21, 2023, the Agriculture Council of America is hosting an essay contest. The theme for the year is Growing a Climate for Tomorrow: How American Agriculture Does it E...

Valley congressman David Valadao joins other lawmakers for the Affordable and Secure Food Act. The bill is a last-minute effort to get H-2A reform finished before Congress adjourns.The bipartisan farm...

The U.S. economy still has considerable momentum and is not currently on the verge of recession, according to CoBank’s 2023 Year Ahead report. However, economists have never been more pessimisti...

Americans are paying up to 40% more for their vegetables than in 2021, and drought is a big reason for the price hike. A new report from Daily Mail says the increase is due, in large part, to states t...

USDA announces the second group of organizations selected to receive funding through USDA's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the additional fu...

U.S. Trade Rep Katherine Tai and Japan's Ambassador to the U.S. confirmed that amendments to the beef safeguard trigger level under the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement will trigger on January 1, 2023. The ...

A poll of voters commissioned by the International Dairy Foods Association shows strong support for reforming immigration policy as a way to help control food prices. Almost 90% of Democrat voters and...