Category Archives: Agriculture News

Rice production in the United Stated declined 13 percent in 2015 to 192.3 million hundredweight, down 29.9 million hundredweight from a year earlier, according to USDA's Economic Research Service. USD...

Agriculture groups are telling lawmakers farmers are facing increased financial pressure in an economic downturn brought on by low commodity prices. At a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing Thursda...

  The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is holding a workshop in Fresno to hear ideas from various stakeholder groups on how to notify residents living around agricultural fields, whe...

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts remains determined to pass a voluntary GMO labeling bill in time to block a Vermont law from taking effect. Roberts said recently that agriculture gro...

Phibro Animal Health Corporation says it will request a hearing to challenge the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine moving toward banning the use of carbadox in pigs over cancer concerns.Carbadox ha...

More than half of U.S. adults polled for a recent PEW study indicated they viewed trade agreements between the United States and other countries positively. The U.S. Grains Council says the study resu...

A market research firm predicts the agriculture drone market to be worth $3.69 billion by the year 2022. The forecast by RnR Market Research says the market is poised for significant growth over the n...

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A new study finds the fertilizer sector contributed more than $162 billion and more 500,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in 2014. The Fertilizer Institute announced the economic impact study this week tha...

As commodity prices fall, one of the first places farmers cut costs is purchasing new equipment. A February report from Rabobank anticipates commodity prices will stabilize to near break-even levels. ...