Category Archives: Agriculture News

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Senate passed their version of the farm bill on Thursday, with a 86-11 vote. The farm bill is monumental legislation that sets the eating and farming policy in the United States...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says he is hopeful his aid program for farmers will be released by Labor Day and the harvest season. Perdue spoke at the United Fresh event earlier this week and tol...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set the process in motion for considering the farm bill on the Senate floor. On Monday evening, Politico says the Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote o...

The national agriculture coalition fighting against California's Prop 65 labeling requirement for glyphosate picked up another win in court. U.S. District Court Judge William Shubb upheld the prelimin...

U.S. tractor and combine sales increased last month, according to the latest monthly measure by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The association's monthly report shows sales of all tractors...

Dairy producers have a few more days to enroll in the Dairy Margin Protection Program. The Department of Agriculture extended the enrollment period by a week, meaning producers have now until this Fri...

Bayer announced it will complete its acquisition of Monsanto on Wednesday, June 7th. The closure of the acquisition will follow the receipt of all required approvals from regulatory authorities, accor...

President Donald Trump is moving ahead with steel and aluminum tariffs on some of the United States' closest allies and that could result in serious pain for agriculture. Politico reports that Europea...

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency, over its decision to indefinitely suspend pesticide safety trai...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced that the Trump Administration has requested the World Trade Organization establish a dispute settlement panel. This ...