Chris Clayton

Vice President Mike Pence kicked off a "Farmers and Ranchers for Trump" event on Thursday in Des Moines and heard producers talk about damage from storms this week. Pence spotlighted the policies of the Trump administration...

A severe storm known as a "derecho" slammed into the Midwest Monday. Winds as high as 70 miles per hour were reported in Nebraska Monday morning. The storm continued to pick up speed as it moved across much of Iowa, hitting 99...

Family members, union representatives and advocates told a Nebraska legislative committee on Thursday about the struggles facing packing plant workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A state lawmaker is pushing for the state...

U.S. agricultural exports are down, and the overall ag trade balance set a record monthly deficit in June.

Microsoft, Land O'Lakes, Bayer and Smithfield Foods are some of the players offering more data gathering and analyzing options to producers, potentially across tens of millions of acres.

USDA released a report Wednesday summarizing volatility in cattle and beef prices following last summer's Tyson fire in Kansas and the loss of packer capacity during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring. Both...

The Great American Outdoors Act provides mandatory spending for two funds: One would provide $9.5 billion over five years for overdue maintenance on federal lands. A second fund would provide $900 million annually for outdoor...

A new report from the Kansas City Fed shows agricultural lending declined during the second quarter of the year when much of the country was in lockdown due to the coronavirus. As the U.S. Senate prepares to come back from...

The Water Resources Development Act of 2020 authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to begin construction on 34 pending water-infrastructure projects and authorizes 35 separate feasibility studies on other projects. The bill...

USDA has announced spending $27.1 million between two companies for vaccine concentrate that will function as a strategic reserve against the risk of foot-and-mouth disease returning to the livestock herd.

The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation tested positive for COVID-19 after feeling some symptoms. His last official event was June 25 in Georgia with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Gov. Brian Kemp in attendance.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing account for just under $8 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans, still one of the smaller industries receiving loans under the program. The Small Business Administration announced there are...

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said his agency doesn't plan to release proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes before Friday's federal holiday. The ethanol industry has been anticipating the release of those volume levels...

After months of hearings, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released a 547-page report that focuses on "rapid development of wind, solar, energy efficiency and other zero-carbon energy sources." The plan, with a...

With July starting, the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement goes into effect. It could boost agricultural exports about $2 billion.

Leaders from farm groups and one of the country's largest farmer cooperatives testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday about the Growing Climate Solutions Act, a bill that would create a program at USDA...

The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on the Growing Climate Solutions Act, which would create a certification program at USDA to reduce technical barriers for farmers and landowners who want to participate in...

Buena Vista County, Iowa, now has 1,600 reported cases out of a population of about 19,600 people. Cases doubled last week alone. On a per-capita basis, Buena Vista County is one of the biggest hotspots in the country as...

A long list of 192 agribusinesses and groups up and down the supply chain in agriculture signed onto a letter to President Donald Trump calling for him to keep working on the phase-one agreement with China and ensure the country...

A soil science professor at Ohio State University, Rattan Lal has worked on practices to improve degraded soils in agriculture. His work also led to increased focus on sequestering carbon in the soil as well.

A U.S. senator praised the Department of Justice for starting an investigation into beef packers, but also wants to know what the Department of Agriculture is doing with its investigation into the cattle markets following the fire...

Farm organizations seldom make political statements about social justice and civil unrest, but National Farmers Union and other groups over the past week have weighed in on the national crisis with statements calling for...

Four U.S. senators introduced bipartisan legislation that could help set criteria and certification programs that would make it easier for farmers and forestry owners to earn income from carbon credits.

The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced that a federal grand jury had indicted executives from two poultry companies for price fixing and bid rigging. Justice officials also stated the indictments came from an ongoing...

President Donald Trump laid out several punitive measures against China on Friday, which includes eliminating special status for the semi-autonomous region of Hong Kong. The U.S. has treated Hong Kong separately from mainland China...

Leaders from the National Pork Producers Council are asking the U.S. Senate to take up an aid package that would compensate pork producers for losses from euthanizing hogs. The American Farm Bureau Federation also wants to...

Agricultural sales are rising and trade officials reiterate that China is making progress on the phase-one agreement, but sales lag far behind the prospect of reaching figures promised in the trade deal signed in January.

Enrollment in CFAP through local USDA Service Centers (Farm Service Agency offices) will begin May 26, and USDA expects payments could go out to producers within a week after sign-up begins. The CFAP includes aid for livestock...

The Renewable Fuels Association says FDA has created confusion with questions about the purity of alcohol from ethanol plants, hindering the industry's ability to help produce hand sanitizer even as the country begins to open up...