Chris Clayton

Farmers and industry groups continue facing uncertainty over how the Clean Water Act (CWA) is being enforced following the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which limited federal...

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Monday said key lawmakers in Congress are looking at passing an extension of the farm bill that would boost support for commodity producers. That move could provide aid to farmers while lawmakers work...

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed frustration with a recently released recommendation by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose preliminary countervailing duty...

Agriculture and rural America were not mentioned but the debate did spotlight a few key issues for ag such as taxes, tariffs, illegal immigration and energy policies.

Agricultural policy leaders from both political sides on Monday discussed the need for a new farm bill but disagreed on key issues like trade, taxes, labor and climate policy at a forum hosted by the Farm Foundation.

Through a contractor, USDA distributes more than 140 different food items to as many as 276 tribes nationally. That program broke down over the summer after USDA canceled a contract for a distribution company and started...

The president will visit Westby, a town in southwestern Wisconsin, with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday to announce $7.3 billion in grants and loans that will go to fund projects for 16 rural electric cooperatives...

Corn and Soybean were both rated 65% good to excellent as of Sunday, Sept. 1. Spring wheat was 70% harvested.

PepsiCo is touting the potential to lower its carbon footprint by converting at least some of its trucking fleet to run on 100% blends of biodiesel. PepsiCo sees promise in using more biodiesel in its large trucking fleet after the...

Nebraska's governor has signed an executive order banning state agencies from buying lab-grown protein products and create a new rule to add more labels for those products. Three other states have either banned the sale of...

The state with the country's largest dairy production has been unscathed by the H5N1 outbreak, but now state officials are testing to confirm possible cases at three farms in California's Central Valley.

Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, voiced optimism that a farm bill can pass the House in September. Thompson said he wants the farm bill passed under President Joe Biden and...

Cash prices have dropped more than 30% since last year for both corn and soybeans. Leaders from corn and soybean commodity groups are still pressing for Congress to reach a deal on a farm bill before the end of the year, and...

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled the Surface Transportation Board overstepped its authority by trying to streamline rate dispute settlements between railroads and shippers. The ruling favors the nation's...

Senators and USDA have different views about how the department is supposed to implement a requirement to modernize reporting of foreign land ownership.

The CEO of Summit Carbon Solutions gave ethanol producers at the American Coalition for Ethanol annual meeting an update on his company's plans to build a 2,000-mile carbon dioxide pipeline. Pointing to lower income and declining...

The Harris campaign on Friday stated the vice president's plan for the first 100 days in office would be to bring down costs for American families. That includes creating the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food and...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke Thursday to members of the American Coalition for Ethanol, holding its annual meeting in Omaha. He credited biofuel producers for helping support farmers and the rural economy, while...

Agricultural leaders have acknowledged the problem of illegal immigrants working in agriculture for a long time. Their push for immigration reform is at odds with former President Donald Trump's call for the largest deportation push...

USDA announced new meat inspections Tuesday to test for the H5N1 avian influenza virus in cull dairy cows as the FDA also reported the results of the latest testing of milk products. FDA noted there was no live virus found, but...

Farmers reported 4.72 million prevented planting acres this year, up 1.14 million from 2023.

The Enhancing Program Access and Delivery for Farm Loans rule will go into effect for FSA loans after Sept. 25, 2024. USDA stated the changes are intended to increase opportunities and help...

Farmers and political leaders at Minnesota FarmFest had a lot to say about the selection of Gov. Tim Walz as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate. There also is a lot of focus now on trying to convince Congress to pass a...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, named Tuesday as running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, worked on three farm bills while in Congress. As governor, he has focused on biofuels expansion and reducing fossil fuel use.

Corn was rated 67% good to excellent, and soybeans were rated 68% good to excellent as of Sunday, Aug. 4. Winter wheat was 88% harvested.

The tax bill would have provided a boost to bonus depreciation for farmers buying new equipment. The Senate did pass a new water resources bill as lawmakers tried to wrap up some summer work before an August break.

Gabe Brown is a voice for regenerative agriculture.

Debbie Stabenow and GT Thompson may be from different sides of the aisle, but they are both U.S. Congressional Ag Farm Bill champions.

Solutions from the Land encourages land-based solutions.

Kip Tom has served figuratively and literally as agriculture's ambassador.

USDA on Wednesday announced the department had provided $2 billion to 43,000 people nationally who faced discrimination over farm-loan programs before 2021.

Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy LLC is suing Bunge North America for breach of contract after moving to terminate its marketing agreement with Bunge. SIRE details how a marketing agreement starting in 2020 between SIRE and...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is increasing its efforts to protect the health of farmworkers after nine Colorado farmworkers have been infected with the H5N1 virus while helping depopulate infected poultry...

EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants will fund 25 projects across 30 states that lower greenhouse-gas emissions from a particular industry or sequester carbon. At least some of the projects also would help develop...

The country quickly weighed in Monday on social media, campaign calls and news releases about former President Donald Trump selecting Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate. The senator has little history in agricultural policy, but...

There is a lot of angst about farm income right now, but policymakers already seem to accept that another one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill is unavoidable. If a farm bill doesn't get done this year, then there is no chance...

Deere & Co. on Tuesday posted on social platform X that the company is changing some of its sponsorships, messaging and diversity policies following conservative backlash sparked by a social media critic of corporate diversity...

The country quickly weighed in Monday on social media, campaign calls and news releases about former President Donald Trump selecting Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate. The senator has little history in agricultural policy, but...

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and state Attorney General Andrew Bailey, both Republicans, are lending their support to a lawsuit filed against Tyson Foods on behalf of at least 45 chicken growers in Missouri and Arkansas. Officials have...

USDA announced $110 million for 57 various small processors nationwide through two different programs, the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) and the Local Meat Capacity...

What impact could Project 2025 have on the farm bill? Here are some of the recommendations made by the Project 2025 report and what impact they could have on agriculture and for farmers, especially regarding subsidies.

Iowa is now coping with 2,000 destroyed homes, business districts wiped out and $130 million in damaged public infrastructure. As a U.S. Senate hearing pointed out, small towns are often too strapped to develop recovery plans.

Farmers in Texas are reporting some damaged crops coming just as harvest was gearing up. Meanwhile, farmers in Plains states highlight a wide swath of hail that hit the region as well.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a new rule on Tuesday meant to deal with heat-related illnesses and deaths. OSHA cites the rule would affect more than 105,000 agricultural operations. Farms with...

An Arkansas farmer explains how he uses ChatGPT on almost a daily basis. Having signed up for the AI tool when it came out in late 2022, Senter said it's become a reliable tool for finding quick answers. He also likes that the AI...

Deere & Co. reported Monday the company would lay off 813 workers at different facilities in Illinois and Iowa. In a separate announcement, Smithfield Foods announced it would close an Iowa facility later this summer, affecting...

USDA under the Biden administration has pushed to tighten enforcement of the 103-year-old Packers and Stockyards Act through a series of rules tied to fairness and market competition. The Supreme Court's ruling last week likely...

Speaking Friday at a summer meals program in Omaha, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack said the House Agriculture Committee farm bill's commodity title gives the biggest increases in support to 10% of the country's largest farmers. The...

COFCO International Ltd. and Illinois-based Growmark Inc. on Thursday completed a deal announced last week in which Growmark sold its minority stake to COFCO for a grain-loading facility in Cahokia, Illinois. A pair of Illinois members of...

Starting Monday, July 1, dairy producers who have confirmed infections in their herds can apply for lost milk production at the Farm Service Agency under the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish...

For the most part, levees along key tributaries to the Lower Missouri River were holding true while crops and farms remained protected from the high waters. Some farmers with land along the Missouri River who do not have levee...

The Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposed rule would clarify the interpretation of "unfair" under the P&S Act and spell out in more detail conduct prohibited under the law. USDA stated the rule would...

Flood warnings remain in place Monday and areas south of those already hit are expected to see major rivers cresting through at least July 1. Communities are flooded in at least three states with highway access limited across the...

COFCO International Ltd. and Illinois-based Growmark Inc. announced a deal on Thursday in which Growmark will sell its minority stake to COFCO in a grain-loading facility in Cahokia, Illinois. COFCO and Growmark have partnered since 2017...