Category Archives: Agriculture News

Higher Loan Limit Available for USDA Farm LoansThe USDA says a higher loan limit is now available for borrowers seeking a guaranteed farm loan.The limit goes from $1.776 million to $1.825 million. "Fa...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his department will offer a $3 billion comprehensive set of investments to address challenges facing farmers and ranchers. USDA says the investments will support...

U.S. restaurants feeling supply chain issues for their food products are also contending with issues around upgrading kitchen equipment. Restaurant Business reports it can sometimes take months to get...

A new report from CoBank's Knowledge Exchange says the ag retailer of the future has an opportunity to earn more income from precision agronomy services and emerging sustainability management programs...

  Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled against the Democrats' plan to provide eight million green cards as a part of their $3.5 trillion spending bill. The Hill says that decision ma...

  The Department of Agriculture is providing additional time for livestock and poultry producers to apply for the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program, or PLIP. Producers who suffered losses duri...

  The Department of Agriculture announced $700 million in competitive grant funding to help farmworkers and meatpacking workers with pandemic-related health and safety costs. Agriculture Secretar...

  The Department of Agriculture's quarterly trade forecast shows that U.S. agricultural exports not only continue at a record-setting pace for fiscal year 2021, but they will eclipse the 2021 tot...

  More than two dozen members of Congress are asking President Biden to declare a drought disaster in the western United States as record temperatures and wildfires hit several states hard. Democ...

  The National Agricultural Statistics Service says farmers around the nation paid an average of $141 an acre to rent cropland in 2021. That's two dollars higher than last year and up by seven do...