NCGA and 16 corn state affiliated associations recently joined with over 140 allied national, regional, and state commodity organizations in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack relaying their concerns with the design of the Emergency Relief Program for 2022.

Most soybean fields have been harvested, while about 7% of the nation's corn crop was left to harvest as of Sunday, Nov. 19, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.

On Monday, Gov. Eric Holcomb, Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Don Lamb and the Indiana State Poultry Association recognized the generosity of Indiana’s poultry producers at the 76th annual Governor's Poultry Presentation at the Indiana Statehouse. Over the past year, Indiana poultry farmers and businesses have donated 200,000 pounds of duck, turkey and chicken and 172,000 dozen eggs to Hoosiers in need.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented on the passage of a stopgap spending bill by both the House of Representatives and Senate, which includes a one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill.

Former House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson says moving the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation funds to commodity program supports is “off the table” for Ag Committee Democrats in the House and Senate, and people trying to do just that “are dreaming.”

There were fewer cattle placed into U.S. feedlots than expected during October.

A pair of Iowa trucking companies are accused in a federal civil lawsuit of conspiring to fraudulently bring in guest workers under the H-2A program to work as long-haul truckers instead of temporary workers on a farm operation.

At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing last week, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) discussed how three of her bills address common barriers to the adoption of precision agriculture tools. These barriers include financing, connectivity, and internet access.

Attention in the cattle market this week is being squarely placed on the upcoming Nov. 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report, which will be released at 2 p.m. CST Friday.

U.S. soybean export sales surged to a marketing year high during the week ending November 9th.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Thursday announced next steps in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s efforts to bolster U.S. agricultural trade, including the department’s planned trade missions for 2024 and the opening of a public comment period for the new Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP).

Varda, the agtech startup founded by Yara, today announced its partnership with Ever.Ag, the innovative agtech service provider that empowers agriculture, food, and beverage supply chains.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) said today that it is pleased that the House and Senate passed a continuing resolution that extends the 2018 farm bill for one year, but the association said the extension is no substitute for a fully reauthorized farm bill.

It has been on the radar for a while now, but a major storm system is forecast to cross the country this weekend through early next week, bringing widespread precipitation to a lot of the country and causing temperatures to fall prior to Thanksgiving weekend.

The Biden administration’s attempt to narrowly interpret the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision has been met with lawsuits in North Dakota and Texas from more than half the states in the country and trade associations representing agriculture and a wide range of other industries.

U.S. ethanol production was up slightly last week as stocks stayed nearly unchanged.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service released the 2023 Rural America at a Glance Report.

A stopgap government funding bill that includes a one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill easily passed the GOP-controlled House Tuesday after Democrats more than made up for the desertion of hardline conservatives who were unhappy the legislation includes no spending cuts.

An executive for Deere & Co. and one from a venture capital firm each pitched using the farm bill to help more farmers purchase and subscribe to precision agricultural tools during a hearing on artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture.

A House Ag Committee member has mixed feelings about extending the farm bill.

National Farmers Union (NFU) released the updated Farmer’s Share of the food dollar for items typically served during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Halloween is behind us, but for many in production agriculture, catching up on end of year business transactions and attempting to do some enterprise analysis is the real spooky season.

An ag lobbyist says the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are still trying to figure out how to pay for updates in the new farm bill.

Supermarket prices ticked up 0.3% in October, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) strongly opposes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to allow Paraguayan beef imports starting next month.

As financial markets become more volatile, Farmers National's Paul Schadegg expects high-quality, productive land to hold, or even increase, in value.

There is an increase of corn stalks being baled as a feed resource this year because of the shortage of hay and the decrease in pastures available for fall grazing due to a lack of moisture.

A stopgap spending bill released by House Republicans Saturday includes a one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill and funding for some relatively small programs that expired on Sept. 30.