Growth Energy launched a new ad campaign calling on the Biden administration to protect summer access to E15, an affordable, cleaner-burning fuel option. The digital advertising campaign will run across multiple platforms, including key news sites and YouTube.

Nutrien Ag Solutions recently announced a multi-year commitment of nearly $850,000 to the National FFA Organization in support of its commitment to shape future agriculture leaders.

Pork producers are on Capitol Hill this week to push for a measure preempting state-level animal confinement laws like California's Proposition 12 and Massachusetts' Question 3.

Early U.S. corn planting continues to inch forward.

As the influenza virus is found in more dairy herds in several states, veterinarians and researchers continue to find out more about the illness. So far, no cows have died, but the virus already has caused about 20% income loss in affected operations.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) expressed disappointment in the final rule released today to update the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), which maintained the proposed rule’s cuts to dairy in the WIC food packages. WIC is a vital program ensuring that pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children have access to key nutrients that may be lacking in their diets, so decreasing the amount of dairy decreases the nutrients they are accessing through it.

Motor gasoline use is expected to decline in the future even under a baseline case, but new tailpipe emissions rules really put the pedal to the metal – rapidly accelerating that process. This would be a major shock on demand for corn used to produce ethanol spurring potentially devastating impacts on farmers and the rural economy.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan on Friday spotlighted rural investments in new green funds while saying the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) model update is coming in the "very near future" and efforts to help farmers with agricultural chemicals are hampered by funding restrictions by Congress.

The President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association says farmers and the fuel industry need the Biden administration to decide now if they will grant another summertime E15 emergency waiver.

Grower and industry groups from across the country have joined together to support a new coalition, the Modern Ag Alliance, to protect American farmers’ access to critical crop protection tools farmers need to ensure a robust and affordable food supply.

Fueled by growth in the Western Hemisphere, South Korea and Australia, U.S. pork exports posted another excellent performance in February, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Beef export volume was slightly lower year-over-year, but export value climbed by 10%.

An index of world food commodity prices edged up in March after seven straight months of decline, largely driven by price increases for soybean and other vegetable oils.

The president of the National Corn Growers Association on Thursday called on the U.S. International Trade Commission to reject a petition for tariffs to be levied on imported 2,4-D from India and China.

South Korea is the fifth largest market for U.S. agricultural goods and a recent trade mission is helping ag officials to further develop that relationship.

The Federal Aviation Administration has paved the way for a Texas-based drone company to allow one operator to pilot “swarms” of up to three drones without a visual observer. Others could soon follow suit.

Through the K-State 105 initiative, Kansas State University and The University of Kansas Health System announced today that the organizations are working together to explore ways to support health care in rural Kansas communities.

Implementation of a bipartisan bill to encourage the use of higher blends of biodiesel takes effect on Monday, April 1. Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) Chairman Ron Kindred and other supporters call the new law a landmark statute that will benefit all Illinoisians as well as the state’s environment.

Using a roundtable discussion in Mankato, Minnesota, as a backdrop, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack opened the USDA purses on Wednesday to announce $1.5 billion available this year for groups under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

Ethanol stocks have swelled for three weeks in a row.

Crop insurance provider Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa has acquired the California-based Global Ag Insurance Services, expanding its presence in the specialty crop sector.

Nearly 1,000 farmers, ethanol industry workers and other supporters from across the country sent a letter to President Biden calling on his administration to take action to allow continued access to E15 throughout the upcoming summer driving season.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) of the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy cattle herd. This is the first case of HPAI in a livestock operation in Ohio.

One of the poultry facilities for the nation’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods, has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Love them or hate them, there is one thing farmers and ranchers cannot ignore: The Chinese are the biggest customers for U.S. agricultural exports. Fresh from a trip to China and Thailand, USSEC CEO Jim Sutter shares key insights about his conversations with leaders on the ground.

In an effort to protect the dairy herd in Nebraska, NDA is issuing an importation order effective immediately. The importation order will require all breeding female dairy cattle entering the state of Nebraska to obtain a permit issued by NDA prior to entry.

As fertilizer prices spiked dramatically from 2017 to 2022 and more farmers across the U.S. adopted conservation practices, the latest Ag Census data shows that total overall commercial fertilizer applications dropped.

Taranis and Mississippi-based Steward Link have teamed to provide farmers with simplified application and practice validation opportunities for USDA conservation funding programs.

The nation's winter wheat crop is starting the growing season in significantly better shape than it was last year, according to USDA NASS.