Category Archives: Agriculture News

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the finalization of a rule to align the voluntary "Product of USA" label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means. Vilsack made the announc...

Applications are open for the Angus Foundation's Commercial Cattlemen Scholarship, which awards four $1,500 scholarships to outstanding young people in the beef industry. This scholarship is unique fr...

The AM for Every Vehicle Act has hit the magic number of voting co-sponsors it will need to ensure passage through the House of Representatives. Sponsors of the House legislation announced they had pi...

The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose modestly in February posting a reading of 111, five points higher than a month earlier. The modest rise in the barometer was attributable to p...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is calling on lawmakers to pass the minibus appropriations package announced over the weekend by congressional leadership. The bill prevents a governmen...

The USDA says the number of U.S. farms has dropped to under two million for the first time since before the Civil War. The numbers come from the 2022 Census of Agriculture. In 2022, there were 1,900,4...

A new resource developed by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and CattleFax helps producers maximize profitability from their culling decisions. The resource is called "Right Way, Right Time -...

The Department of Agriculture and the Energy Department launched a new initiative to help farmers cut costs and increase income using underutilized renewable technologies. Through the Rural and Agricu...

The American Farm Bureau and National Farmers Union sent a letter to USDA asking for stability in Class 1 milk prices. The letter asks Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue an interim final decision to re...

Eating continues to cost Americans more money. That's even as overall inflation has backed off from the high pace of 2022 and 2023. Restaurant prices were up 5.1% last month compared to January 2023. ...