On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is removing “Soybeans of Other Colors” as an official grade-determining factor under the U.S. Standards for Soybeans.

On Friday, the House Select Committee on the CCP introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act with the support of U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.).

Drought has pushed livestock producers to hunt for emergency hay.

It's been three weeks since the first tar spot lesions of 2023 were found in central Iowa. Since then, the fungal disease has made its appearance in cornfields in six states and one Canadian province.

U.S. farmers understand that the outcome of the dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over Mexico’s attempt to block imports of genetically modified corn could set a precedent that will be key for trade with other countries around the world, U.S. Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator Doug McKalip said Thursday.

Multiple reports of increased and rapid yellowing in soybeans are popping up across the Midwest following recent rains.

U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced the Fortifying Refrigeration Infrastructure and Developing Global Exports (FRIDGE) Act.

Medgene, a South Dakota animal health company, recently received USDA licenses for platform vaccines for use in swine and cattle.

Exporters of U.S. beef, pork, and lamb are meeting with buyers from Central America, South America, and the Caribbean this week.

While Brazil is positioned to surpass the U.S. in corn exports this year, the data don’t indicate the trend leading to this development will necessarily continue, as the South American country faces many challenges when it comes to agriculture and trade, a national ag economist said today.

FMC Corporation and its Ukraine subsidiary “FMC Ukraine” a leading global agricultural sciences company, and the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, represented by Ms. Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Ukraine, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Thursday, June 22 during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 in London. Both parties are committed to continue collaborating to support favorable conditions for the recovery of the Ukrainian economy, with a specific focus on its agricultural sector.

USDA on Wednesday, July 12, lowered the corn yield estimate to 177.5 bushels per acre (bpa) after bumping up its acreage estimate, but the July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) still forecasts a record corn crop at 15.32 billion bushels (bb).

Supermarket prices were flat in June, as the falling cost of dairy products helped offset some increases in beef and chicken prices.

Severe storms are expected to hit parts of the western and southern Corn Belt and northern Delta Region this week.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce Wednesday that USDA will spend $300 million to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.

Moscow seems intent on letting the Black Sea Grain Initiative expire this coming Monday, but the United Nations is equally resolved to preserve the deal and prevent food prices from rising in some of the poorest nations.

Indigo Ag, the innovative leader and trusted partner in sustainable agriculture, announced a program with Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., a subsidiary of CGB Enterprises, Inc. and a leader in the grain and transportation industries, designed to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainably grown crops sourced by CGB.

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced legislation to curb wasteful spending at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

USDA's July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report doesn't typically touch yield estimates for corn or soybeans, but given this year's early drought throughout the Midwest, there is a good chance USDA will at least adjust the corn yield, in addition to following up on findings from its June 30 reports.

The USDA’s national corn and soybean condition ratings improved last week.

A Labor Department investigation has found at least two teenagers — one 16 years old and the other 17 — operating meat-processing equipment in violation of federal child labor restrictions at Monogram Meat Snacks LLC in Chandler, Minnesota.

Xochitl Torres Small has been confirmed as the next deputy ag secretary for USDA.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the opening of the financial assistance application process for eligible farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs prior to January 2021.

The executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition says water levels on the lower Mississippi River are starting to get comparable to last year as the drought persists.

Led by another outstanding month in Mexico and robust demand for variety meat, exports of U.S. pork continued to gain momentum in May, according to data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF. While well below the record-large volume and value posted in May 2022, beef exports improved from April and were the second largest (behind March) of 2023.

A European Food Safety Authority review did not find “any critical areas of concern” in a peer review it conducted of a risk assessment of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as the European Union prepares to vote later this year on the future of the herbicide on the continent.

Agricultural land values in Nebraska climbed 14% from 2022 to 2023 to $3,835 per acre. That average includes seven land classes that include everything from center-pivot irrigated row-crop farms to grazing land.

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirms the state’s first anthrax case in animals in more than a decade in Kittson County, affecting multiple cattle and a horse, and has quarantined the affected property.