Tyson Foods has officially opened a new $300 million fully-cooked food production facility in Danville, Virginia, delivering on its strategy of accelerating long-term growth, operating as efficiently as possible and investing in its poultry business.

USDA officials and industry stakeholders on Wednesday held a send-off rally for this year's United Nations climate conference to prepare for two weeks of "negotiating, cajoling and convincing" delegates and groups from other countries to come around to the U.S. view that "voluntary, incentive-based" climate-smart farming is the pathway forward for agricultural policy and climate change.

The USDA has opened an application period for the first round of funding under a new program that enables exporters to break into new agricultural markets.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has waived certain notice of loss requirements for 2023 for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP) and Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).

Leaders of U.S. agribusiness giants expect the farm economy to remain relatively strong through next year despite higher interest rates and softening commodity markets.

Concern over his local planning commission’s plan to require 10-acre minimum building lots — and what he considered to be very poor land use — was motivation enough for then 24-year-old Lapeer County dairy farmer Kevin Daley to serve in public office.

Swine processing facilities operating under a trial of increased line speeds will have an additional 90 days to run at the faster limits as USDA continues to collect and submit data on the impact to workers, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a constituent update late Tuesday.

Farmers and ranchers have a new tool to find or list hay and co-product feedstuffs for sale: Feedstuff Finder, developed by University of Missouri Extension for individuals looking to buy or sell products.

Healthcare access and affordability remain priorities for Minnesota Farmers Union.

Following the holiday weekend, lawyers for the U.S. dairy industry, the Biden administration and others are looking at the next possible option following last week's ruling that Canada's tariff rate quota practices do not violate the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Since tar spot’s arrival in this country, Purdue researchers have been on the front lines of the fight against the disease. They’re developing new ways of tracking and treating the disease, an effort which reaches across disciplines and national borders.

Antitrust lawsuits filed by more than 17 farmers across the country against John Deere will be allowed to continue after a federal court in Illinois on Monday denied a company motion that would have ended the case.

USDA announced $196 million in loans and grants to strengthen domestic food systems, as the new White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, which includes Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, launched its first meeting Monday.

A U.S. District Court that represents Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi has sided with oil refiners that sued EPA for denying small refinery waiver requests.

Kansas State University and Kansas Department of Agriculture economists are reporting findings of a study indicating that alleviating a shortage of farm labor in Kansas could boost the state’s economy by as much as $11.7 billion.

A species of exotic tick arrived in Ohio in 2021 in such huge numbers that their feeding frenzy on a southeastern farm left three cattle dead of what researchers believe was severe blood loss.

With action on a farm bill postponed to next year, the Senate Agriculture Committee turns to handling a pair of nominations, including a new undersecretary for rural development at the Agriculture Department.

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai recently announced that a dispute settlement panel established under the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) has released a report regarding Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation measures.

The Trees for Troops program is sending their 300,000 Christmas tree to a military family this holiday season.

It's the time of year when seed companies roll out their latest soybean offerings and growers will have dozens of new varieties to choose from in 2024. They'll also have expanded options from Nutrien Ag Solutions in the future.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released its farm labor survey, and the news isn’t good for agriculture.

The holiday travel season starts this week as folks gear up to prepare their houses to accept friends and family and others to do the traveling. For most of the country, there are limited issues due to the weather. But there could be some hiccups, especially for those that travel through the Rockies.

Lawmakers have given themselves another year to write a new farm bill, but they have a limited amount of time to reach bipartisan agreements on critical issues and could easily be forced to pass another long-term extension of the 2018 law.

Cattle prices have pulled back recently, but a livestock economist says it likely won’t last for long. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says, “I’m not convinced that we’ve seen our record yet.”

Recently released proposals from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding its Endangered Species Act commitments under the pesticide program are causing great concern among soybean farmers. To provide scope for the potential detriment to soy, just one of the proposals alone could significantly hinder or eliminate pesticide use on close to 13 million acres of cropland, including more than 5 million acres of soybeans.

The American Farm Bureau Federation and South Dakota Farm Bureau today presented Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) with AFBF’s Golden Plow award. The Golden Plow is the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress.

The chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee suggests passing a one-year extension of the farm bill is evidence of Congress working with a sense of urgency.

The pork industry is awaiting action by USDA ahead of Nov. 30 on whether processing plants can move to the faster line speeds that a few facilities have been allowed to use in a time-limited trial.