Chris Clayton

Provisions dealing with agriculture were just a small part of a sweeping executive order signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday dealing with climate change. Still, a wide-scale push by the federal government could lead to more...

Agricultural shippers that rely on a steady supply of empty cargo containers have seen orders for hundreds of millions of dollars delayed or outright canceled by shippers. Because of demand for Chinese products, shippers would...

ADM sees higher Chinese imports of corn and ethanol throughout 2021 as company executives pointed to some of the demand drivers that could help sustain the corn and soybean sectors. They also expect U.S. farmers will bring more...

A new travel ban issued by the White House applies to most non-U.S. citizens traveling from South Africa, Brazil, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Those also happen to be countries from which custom harvesters in the U.S...

Pointing to the need to improve farmers' trust in the various crop reports from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the American Farm Bureau Federation put together a farmer-led...

The lead Senate sponsor of President Joe Biden's immigration bill told a business group Thursday that getting a bill through the Senate is a "Herculean task" that will businesses and lobbying groups put pressure on lawmakers to...

President Joe Biden entered the White House with a list of 17 immediate executive actions and plans to introduce a new immigration bill for Congress. Some of his actions are likely to draw conservative criticism.

President Donald Trump's policies on issues such as trade, energy, the environment and immigration heavily influenced farm prices, leading at times to criticism of the president's decisions. But the majority of farmers, who Trump...

Jewel Bronaugh holds a doctorate in career and technical education from Virginia Tech University. She would bring to USDA an extensive career working with Extension programs and has served as...

The Yazoo Backwater Area is located just north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where the Yazoo River flows into the Mississippi River. It takes in about 926,000 lowland acres. River levee and protection plans going back as far as 1941...

Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall and Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford said the COVID-19 pandemic will be the biggest issue for the next several months, but farmers see other policy demands and needs in 2021.

Last spring when SBA opened the Paycheck Protection Program for loans, the lion's share of funds was quickly snatched up by companies connected to larger banks. Congress and SBA adjusted the loan program to allow for smaller...

Control of the U.S. Senate in Democratic hands could lead to several major changes in the incoming administration for President-elect Joe Biden. Besides an easier time confirming nominees...

Joe Stone, Cargill's executive vice president for the agricultural supply chain and corporate trading strategy, said China recovered from African swine fever quicker than expected.

Farmers who suffered at least 5% quality losses in 2018 and 2019 can qualify for a new aid program if they grow most row crops and were affected by a major natural disaster in one of those two years.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue described it as a groundbreaking proposal that would transfer FDA's current animal biotechnology oversight over to USDA, "providing developers with a one-stop shop for their products at USDA...

For agriculture, the relief bill provides nearly $11.2 billion to the secretary of agriculture for aid to farm operations, but also includes explicit instructions to USDA officials on how that aid will be spent.

The latest COVID aid bill includes funds that will provide supplemental $20 per acre payments to all row-crop producers, another $3 billion will provide payments to cattle producers, contract growers of livestock and poultry, dairy...

With 5 billion bushels of corn annually going to ethanol production, corn producers rely heavily on policy stability surrounding the Renewable Fuel Standard. The future of the RFS and biofuel demand will hinge on Biden's EPA moving...

The Farmers for Free Trade coalition released a report Tuesday on major trade policies, as did the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Each group offered proposals that fell along the same lines.

FDA has approved "intentional genomic alteration" in a company's swine, allowing the swine to be sold as food and to be used for medical purposes. The pigs are meant to address people with alpha-gal allergies, which can cause people...

Speaking as part of the 2020 DTN Ag Summit, the U.S. ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture told farmers that U.S. agriculture needs stronger voices to push back on a European initiative to define sustainable...

Tom Vilsack, who turns 70 next week, was former President Barack Obama's longest-serving cabinet member, leading USDA from 2009 to 2107. He was a two-term governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007.

The battle over defining "undue or unreasonable preferences" for meatpackers goes back a dozen years to the 2008 farm bill. USDA on Thursday released a final rule that will be published in the Federal Register on Friday. Under...

Speaking as part of the 2020 DTN Ag Summit, the U.S. ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture told farmers that U.S. agriculture needs stronger voices to push back on a European initiative to define sustainable...

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to return to the post he held for eight years under the Obama administration.

Leaders at IHS Markit analyzed some of the shifts in commodities and food trade in a post COVID-19 world. Some poorly capitalized companies likely find themselves as part of a merger or acquisition. That may be especially true in...

Farm groups had put together a white paper on agricultural issues before the election on areas such as trade and climate change to create a basis for engaging the next administration.

With the enrollment deadline a week away, USDA officials are asking dairy farmers to sign up for Dairy Margin Coverage as enrollment for 2021 so far remains low. An economist at the University of Minnesota warns farmers may lose...

Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., is expected to be either the chairman or ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee when Congress reconvenes in January. Trade, research and carbon markets are some of the areas where...

The "1-in-4" rule was among multiple policy changes that will go into effect for 2021 spring crops. The Risk Management Agency is following up on several changes to crop insurance that had been proposed through a task force which...

USDA's Economic Research Service on Wednesday updated farm-sector income and expenses, showing stronger overall profit measures for farmers despite declines in cash receipts for livestock producers.

A $908 billion aid package that would include $26 billion for nutrition programs and agricultural aid is being pitched by both members of the House and Senate to respond to the coronavirus...

The loans and grants to paper businesses that did not exist a year ago reflect some of the fraud that occurred as the Small Business Administration sought to provide immediate emergency relief to businesses affected by the...

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued a report Wednesday proposing the best way to combat China's growing global influence is for the U.S. and Europe to improve trade and regulatory ties. The report comes as...

The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) unveiled on Tuesday a series of recommendations for federal climate policy involving agriculture and forestry. Groups involved in the plan highlight more demands are being placed on...

On a per-capita basis, the Midwest and Plains are getting hit the hardest by COVID-19. States that have resisted restrictions such as mask mandates now are installing tighter controls as hospital capacity fills up.

Randy Mittelstaedt, head of RJO Market Insights for R.J. O'Brien and Associates, broke down USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand numbers for soybeans, looking at Chinese imports and Argentina's drought situation, which could...

Farmers are recovering from the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus, as well as rising COVID-19 cases in rural America. President-elect Joe Biden coming to office raises a lot of uncertainty about regulations, as well as...

Joe Biden's agenda focused on a dramatic shift from President Donald Trump on issues such as immigration, trade and taxes. Some of that agenda likely gets tempered with the Republican-held Senate, but some farm leaders still...

Leadership in Congress will shake up with some retirements and the election loss by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota. Tuesday's vote also showed President Donald...

The election was coming down to counting ballots in a handful of states that would carry into at least Wednesday and possibly later in the week to determine whether President Donald Trump or Democratic rival Joe Biden wins the...

Going late into the evening Tuesday, it became clear the high numbers of mail-in ballots in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- which collectively account for 46 electoral votes -- would carry the count over into at least...

With the presidential election next Tuesday, federal agencies this week have released several rules supported by farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses such as chemical companies, and the logging industry. Cabinet members traveled to...

Commodity Classic is among a string of major winter agricultural conferences that have shifted to on-line events or delayed their conference start dates. The American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in mid-January will...