Chris Clayton

Again caught in the trade battle between the U.S. and China are soybeans, which will face a 5% higher tariff starting Sept. 1. That will put soybean tariffs at 30%. Pork and beef will face 10% higher tariffs as well on Sept. 1...

Pet food producers created a high-end market for dog food with lentils, peas and chickpeas, but the market has tumbled since an FDA announcement earlier this summer about a "potential link" between grain-free pet foods and...

Iowa's ethanol industry and officials are pushing back on EPA's small-refinery waivers.

Iowa's ethanol industry and officials are pushing back on EPA's small-refinery waivers.

Rep. Cindy Axne, who represents most of southwest Iowa, is a freshman Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, said she is trying to focus the House on more rural issues as the 2020 election season approaches.

At a Pennsylvania rally, President Donald Trump said all Japan buys from the U.S. is wheat, just to be nice. The National Association of Wheat Growers challenged that comment, saying in a tweet that Japan buys from the U.S. because...

U.S. farmers reported they were unable to plant just under 19.3 million acres in crops this year, USDA's Farm Service Agency announced on Monday.

Whether it was sharing the struggles of getting a crop in or worrying about where the crop may go, farmers and Minnesotans had a lot on their minds at a Farmfest forum on Wednesday in southern Minnesota.

Class III milk prices in July were the best they have been in five years. For farmers who have made it through that time, USDA is now finally sending out checks under the Dairy Margin Coverage program. The payments are a welcome...

With the Iowa caucuses less than six months away, the kickoff of the Iowa State Fair this week marks a new turn in the Democratic presidential primary campaigning as candidates try to gain some attention for their policies more...

As U.S. farmers hear more troubling news about trade disputes with China, the largest Chinese grain and oilseed company, COFCO, plans to buy more Brazilian soybeans over the next five years and help finance Brazilian farmers to...

Under a deal announced at the White House on Friday, duty-free beef exports to the EU will increase by 46%. Over seven years, they will increase another 90%. By full implementation, the president said, duty-free exports of U.S...

The U.S. will impose an additional 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese goods because China has not moved to buy large amounts of agricultural goods, President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday.

Farmers and biofuel advocates in Iowa are talking to Democratic presidential candidates about ways agriculture can provide mitigation tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve climate resiliency.

An outdoor soybean pile at a Gavilon grain elevator surrounded by floodwaters in northwest Missouri continues to burn 12 days after combusting during a recent heat wave.

As farmers absorb the details of the latest $14.5 billion in potential trade-aid payments, the revenue will provide a needed injection into the farm economy as payments go out as early as next month. Signup for the Market...

The Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019 would address the shortage of agricultural inspectors at ports examining imported food and agricultural products. Senators stated the bill would authorize the U.S. Customs...

An outdoor soybean pile at a Gavilon grain elevator surrounded by floodwaters in northwest Missouri continues to smolder 10 days after combusting during a recent heat wave.

Brice Custer breaks down the economics of cover crops on his operation in western Kansas by comparing what his cover crops cost compared to how much he saves by not spraying weeds.

Bill Even jumped onstage during United Soybean Board's (USB) recent long-range planning meeting and enthusiastically talked about how pork and beans go together.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau has rolled out a new association health plan (AHP) for its members the group anticipates could save Nebraska farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses an average of 25% on health insurance premiums.

Hemp is not just an option for producers in states across the U.S. these days, it's also become a state and national attention-getter in political circles.

The divide is growing between global food demand in the future and the projection on the rate of growth for agricultural production, a new report shows.

Just a few blocks from the recent Global Climate Action Summit, in California, biofuel advocates gathered to champion more low-carbon fuel standards that could take the country's biofuels industry in new directions.

When USDA announced changes in its crop reports in July, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue boasted that modern technology ensured everyone had equal access and a level playing field when it comes to tapping USDA's major...

To help farmers look at various stewardship practices and the effects on their lands, Minneapolis-based farmer cooperative Land O'Lakes has rolled out a new software program called the Truterra Insights Engine.

Traceability in the agricultural supply chain remains a complex challenge, but commodity industries, food and clothing retailers are increasingly looking at what blockchain can do for their businesses.

Surrounded by thousands of acres of high-dollar vineyards, California officials and agricultural leaders brought in producers and perspectives from around the country recently to highlight the importance of adapting climate-smart...

Farmers can now apply for the Trump administration's trade-aid package at their local Farm Service Agency offices.

As some of the nation's leading soybean farmers gathered to focus on checkoff priorities for the United Soybean Board (USB), they can't avoid the pressures they face from tariffs, and they're placing a lot more emphasis on...

USDA has officially ended a rule on organic livestock and poultry practices that the Obama administration sought to implement at the end of the administration's tenure in 2017.

Conservation practices can pay out financially for farmers, but landowners are the ones who see the most benefit by increasing long-term value and resiliency of land.

Several discussions at the BIO World Congress this week in Des Moines focused on the promise of gene-edited foods and trying to allay consumer concerns over the technology and explain to them why gene editing differs from...

Some view the need for upgraded flood control to improve climate resiliency while others see a need to refocus the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers more on flood control and less on environmental rehabilitation. Either way, a retired...

Some view the need for upgraded flood control to improve climate resiliency while others see a need to refocus the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers more on flood control and less on environmental rehabilitation. Either way, a retired...

With concerns that more work is needed to expand low-carbon fuels, experts at a biotechnology conference in Des Moines, Iowa, highlighted the possibility of more states creating low-carbon fuel standards to drive more biofuel...

A year into locked tariffs between the U.S. and China, soybean farmers are still looking to recover lost markets while hog producers are seeing sales return after a year of decline. These are just two of the industries affected...

A lot of price moves have happened over the past year as the diplomatic back and forth between the U.S. and China continue.

Republican senators from oil-producing states are pressing President Donald Trump to tell Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to stay out of EPA's decision-making on small-refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard.

USDA officials, on a call Monday with reporters, said prevented planting claims have reached $151 million paid out so far in insurance indemnities. The department keeps tweaking its programs to encourage farmers to plant cover...

The National Pork Producers Council has challenged FDA's regulations concerning gene editing, arguing the rules classifying genetically modified animals as a "drug" could hamper the industry. With President Donald Trump signing an...

A USDA quarterly report on hogs and pigs numbers showed the U.S. market herd at 69.1 million head, up 3.9% from a year ago, and the highest since USDA began estimating the market-hog inventory in 1964. There's a great deal of...

Leaders in commodity trading and other derivatives told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that rules drafted by the European Union over market derivatives create potential market fragmentation and a race of regulatory oversight...

Under pressure from farm groups and Congress, USDA's Risk Management Agency on Thursday announced it has changed the haying and grazing restrictions on prevented planting acres. The change allows farmers who plant cover...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said USDA is looking to boost indemnity coverage for prevented planting claims. He's also pushing EPA harder on small-refinery exemptions after President Donald Trump asked about exemptions...

In at least some areas of the country, there are farmers who won't be able to meet the planting rule of 20 acres or 20% of an insured enterprise unit. Unless USDA's Risk Management Agency makes a change, those farmers face...

Senators raised concerns about lost market access in China and Japan, while they are also anxious to provide more certainty in the markets with action on the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. U.S. Trade Representative Robert...

Until recently, trade was the topic du jour for farmers worried about low prices and the market for their crops. The wet spring, floods and prospects for record prevented planting acres have changed the tenor of conversations.

USDA issued a statement from Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on disaster aid late Monday, along with some questions-and-answers where the department sought to spell out some clarity.

President Donald Trump will garner a lot of praise in Iowa on Tuesday when he visits an ethanol plant. The president is also expected to hear about continued problems with EPA granting exemptions to small refiners owned by highly...

With $3 billion specifically set aside for agricultural losses, disaster aid legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump on Thursday will help Southeastern farmers hit by hurricanes last fall, as well as offset losses for...

With $3 billion specifically set aside for agricultural losses, disaster aid legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump on Thursday, June 6, will help Southeastern farmers hit by hurricanes last fall, as well as offset losses...

The trade association representing agricultural retailers asked USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the planting season because prevented-planting protections now could leave them with treated seeds and agricultural chemicals...

President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Twitter early Saturday after announcing late Friday that the U.S. had reached a deal with Mexico and would not impose tariffs.

The trade association representing agricultural retailers asked USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the planting season because prevented-planting protections now could leave them with treated seeds and agricultural chemicals...

The House of Representatives voted 354-58 late Monday to approve the long-awaited $19.1 billion disaster aid package that will address not only Midwest flooding but also aid recovery from hurricanes in the Southeastern states last...

Arkansas is struggling with flooding on the Arkansas River as high flows out of Oklahoma meander east toward an already bulging Mississippi River. The Army Corps of Engineers will open a Louisiana spillway this weekend, flooding land...

Corn, wheat and pork producers are among those calling on President Donald Trump to scrap his plans for new tariffs against Mexico. The president wants new tariffs over illegal immigration just weeks after dropping steel and...

Corn, wheat and pork producers are among those calling on President Donald Trump to scrap his plans for new tariffs against Mexico. The president wants new tariffs over illegal immigration just weeks after dropping steel and...

In response to the new Market Facilitation Program rolled out Thursday, farm groups offered praise to the Trump administration for helping offset export losses, but reiterated that a second consecutive year of trade aid is...

The U.S. Senate passed a $19.1 billion disaster package Thursday, with Congress providing more than $3 billion in disaster aid for farmers to pay for losses from disasters that occurred in 2018 and 2019.

A grain marketer encourages farmers to talk to their buyers as farmers in several states now move into the late planting season on their crop insurance protection.