House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson confirmed Monday he wants the House leadership to schedule floor time for the farm bill before he releases a draft of the bill or holds a markup. Thompson, a Republican from Pennsylvania, made the statement in an interview with DTN on the sidelines of a farm bill listening session hosted by Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, in her district. Thompson said he believes he will be ready to release the draft "at the end of August" and plans a markup "in mid-September," but only if leadership has told him what week the bill will be scheduled to come up on the House floor.

Over the weekend, Russian forces hit a grain terminal in a city in southern Ukraine. But a market analyst says the continued fighting in the Black Sea region isn’t changing what the grain markets already know about Ukrainian crop production.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), joined by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), recently introduced bipartisan legislation to rein in abuse of the farm payment system and ensure taxpayer support is targeted to those actively engaged in farming.

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program (RFIP) Board approved 35 project applications totaling more than $1.6 million during its quarterly board meeting on July 20. Seven of the projects are for ethanol infrastructure, one is for a biodiesel terminal, and 27 are for biodiesel infrastructure.

With port access accounting for nearly three-quarters of Ukraine's grain exports since the Russian invasion, Russia's moves to cut off the Black Sea and attack port infrastructure will effectively stop Ukraine's access to the world.

Last week, the Animal Agriculture Alliance (Alliance) and National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) announced a working partnership between the two organizations to maximize areas of expertise to ensure sound scientific information about animal agriculture is being communicated effectively to key audiences.

According to a recent conservation survey, Indiana farmers have set a conservation record this year by planting an estimated 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers.

Live cattle prices are shooting higher and higher as the nation's herd contracts, but South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson doesn't want that shift in market dynamics to keep Congress from considering steps to bring more transparency to the marketplace in the upcoming farm bill. Johnson, a member of the House Ag Committee who was a vocal proponent of added transparency measures in recent years, said lawmakers still need to address “underlying frailties within the marketplace” even though current prices for live cattle are reaching record highs.

An economist says farmers will see the latest rate hike by the Federal Reserve reflected in their operating loans.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a joint resolution of disapproval on Thursday against the Biden administration's change in Endangered Species Act status of the lesser prairie chicken.

House Republican leaders gave up trying to pass the fiscal 2024 Agriculture funding bill ahead of the August recess after they were unable to satisfy demands from a band of hard-line conservatives who are seeking deeper cuts in spending.

On Thursday, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association member and Missouri cattle producer Charlie Besher testified before the House Natural Resources Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee in support of the Black Vulture Relief Act.

Hot, dry weather has increased the risk of hay fires on Midwest farms this season.

Stepping into the director role, Laura Greiner is ready to guide Iowa State University’s Iowa Pork Industry Center in its efforts to maintain the state’s standing as a leader in advancing animal agriculture.

An extensive heat ridge has spread across the United States this week with unseasonably hot weather.

The agriculture real estate market entered a period of de-escalation beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022. The market experienced a reduction in both sales volume and value growth since that time, as interest rates increased, and inflation pressures became more apparent.

Lawmakers are about to break for their August recess with just two months to go before some programs in the 2018 farm bill expire, and not even a draft of the new legislation is in sight. But the stakes for not passing a fresh farm bill on time may be lower this year than in the past.

Halfway through its pilot run, Don Close, chief research & analytics officer with Terrain says the USDA’s Cattle Contract Library, is providing producers with the transparency they wanted.

PepsiCo and Walmart on Wednesday announced a 7-year collaboration to pursue $120 million worth of investments focused on supporting U.S. and Canadian farmers in their pursuit to improve soil health and water quality.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to bar investors from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from buying U.S. farmland and require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review land purchases by investors from any other foreign country totaling more than $5 million or 320 acres.

Cattle producers are continuing to fight against burdensome regulations.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that USDA is expanding access to health care for more than 5 million people living in 39 states and Puerto Rico as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

After its introduction in the Senate last month, Tuesday a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Reps. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) and Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.) introduced the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Accuracy Act in the U.S. House.

Environmental Working Group is touting six farming practices in the Corn Belt the group says could greatly reduce nitrous oxide emissions in crop production.

The White House says it will veto an appropriations bill that cuts USDA and Food and Drug Administration funding for fiscal year 2024.

EPA has released a draft strategy addressing the impact of herbicides on federally endangered species in a bid to streamline legally required — but often lengthy — consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

As cell-cultured proteins continue to advance, cattle producers want to make sure there is truth in packaging.

After improving the past few weeks, the national corn condition rating held steady last week, and soybean conditions fell slightly, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.