Category Archives: Agriculture News

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 ...

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, as well as the U.S. Cattlemen's Association, were both pleased with the introduction of the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act. The NCBA says t...

The U.S. is trailing China in federal ag research and seed-breeding investments. China has outspent the U.S. in those categories for the past ten years. To help combat the low spending, House Democrat...

The Friday attempt to approve the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 failed in the U.S. House, 198-213. 30 Republicans voted against the bill, along with 183 Democrats, without a Democrat supportin...

The National Farmers Union says many farmers and ranchers are coping with alarming levels of stress, and that farmers and ranchers commit suicide at a rate five times that of the general population. I...