Chris Clayton

The Trump administration's lead agricultural negotiator said her office recognizes the need to get new trade deals in place by harvest to boost market access. At a conference on Aug. 13, governors and others expressed optimism...

The Trump administration's lead agricultural negotiator said her office recognizes the need to get new trade deals in place by harvest to boost market access. At a conference on Wednesday, governors and others expressed...

DTN's Digital Yield Tour forecasts North Dakota's statewide average corn yield at 151.9 bushels per acre, which is above average but not record-setting, and soybeans at 34.7 bpa, which is about even with the five-year average.

The DTN Digital Yield Tour projects Iowa corn yields will reach a record 223.7 bushels per acre statewide while soybean yields could fall just short of a record at 62.3 bpa.

Beto O'Rourke, a former three-term congressman from El Paso, Texas, spoke Tuesday night in Omaha, urging a crowd of about 500 people to fight not just against authoritarianism, but make the case for a country worth saving...

USDA on Friday released its annual Land Values Summary report. The average value includes the value of both the land and buildings on farms. The cropland value nationally averaged $5,830 an acre, up 4.7% from 2024. The average...

President Donald Trump has detailed a new round of tariffs going into effect this month, including higher tariffs on products from Canada. Meanwhile, U.S. agricultural export sales continue to slip from last year's pace in key...

The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA), a coalition of 20 agricultural and conservation trade groups, on Thursday published a report of "MAHA Policy Recommendations." The National Corn Growers Association also released a...

The National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) held a webinar earlier this year for its members on what farmers need to know about employment audits and what to do if there is a raid. That was before the pace of...

Congress will look to make some adjustments to USDA's loan programs when lawmakers get around to writing several sections of the farm bill. Farmers and agricultural lenders offered similar demands for reforms and updates, such as...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday announced USDA would terminate the Regional Food Business Centers created under the Biden administration. USDA said the Biden administration created programs without a way to fund...

A group of Democratic senators on Monday expressed their opposition to including language in the farm bill that would supersede state laws. The senators specifically pointed to a bill led by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, that Democrats...

At a news conference on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there will be no legal amnesty for undocumented farmworkers. Instead, Rollins suggested unemployed people on Medicaid...

In June, USDA canceled more than $1 billion in conservation grants to nearly 70 groups under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. Some groups are appealing USDA's decision. Meanwhile, other groups declined to discuss their...

USDA has opened up enrollment for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP), which will provide aid to crop farmers who suffered losses in 2023 and 2024 due to natural disasters. The first stage of the program will provide...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins led a team of other Cabinet officials, Republican governors and members of Congress at USDA's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to announce a new National Farm Security Action...

President Donald Trump spoke for more than an hour before a crowd of thousands on July 3 as he highlighted a historic win with the passage of the legislation, and he dismissed criticisms from Democrats and others who oppose the...

This week already has been billed as a big one for the Trump administration's trade agenda as White House officials have repeatedly said there are dozens of trade agreements expected to be announced. But stocks and commodities...

After years of facing a declining safety net under the 2018 farm bill, the 2025 budget reconciliation package boosts spending for farm programs. The bill also includes a mix of tax provisions that farmers and other small businesses...

With the vice president breaking a tie Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted to pass President Donald Trump's tax-and-spending bill. The bill makes permanent some of President Trump's 2017 tax cuts and extends others in the process. The...

The Senate is pushing to pass its budget-reconciliation bill and get it to President Trump's desk by July 4. The legislation is projected to add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over 10 years. Biofuel groups highlighted the bill makes...

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., explained to DTN in an interview that she remains optimistic a bill can get through Congress even if leaders in key House committees continue to be roadblocks. But after the House passed legislation twice...

On a panel discussion with leaders from the Federal Reserve Bank, Nebraska producers and agribusinesses voiced concerns over high costs, labor shortages and policy uncertainty. High interest rates combined with tariffs are having...

Leaders at regional food banks and pantries say they are increasingly worried about plans in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to cut spending for the country's main nutrition support, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the 2001 "Roadless Rule" prohibits the Forest Service from responsibly thinning and maintaining the nation's forests. Speaking to the Western Governors Association, Rollins said the rule is...

The American Business Immigration Coalition, including groups representing farmers, raised new concerns about the Trump administration's quick policy reversal when it comes to raids on farms and other agricultural workplaces.

The CFTC brought the case against Texas-based Agridime, which had recruited more than 2,100 investors to buy cattle contracts claiming guaranteed profits. When the company was shut down by court order, it had significantly less...

The Chinese government's approval comes exactly two years after Bunge Global SA and Viterra announced their merger. The two companies operate globally but also create a larger combined presence in Canada.

American agriculture faces a critical labor shortage, forcing farmers to rely on the H-2A guest worker program despite its high costs and bureaucratic complexity. Farm groups are seeking reforms to legalize undocumented workers...

Hiring H-2A guest workers requires extensive planning, with farmers needing to start paperwork months ahead, secure inspected housing, navigate complex government processes, and understand how these requirements affect their...

In a House Agriculture Committee hearing on Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told lawmakers her department will provide new details soon on new efforts to attack the spread of New World screwworm in Mexico. Rollins...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are starting to more aggressively target agriculture and food processing facilities around the country as reports from Nebraska, California and New Mexico highlight.

Lawmakers have raised concerns about closing Agricultural Research Service (ARS) laboratories in California, Delaware and Illinois. The Illinois lab includes programs focusing on soybean germplasm and corn genetics. Separately, Mexican...

Look inside America's farm labor crisis and ag's increasing reliance on foreign labor.

Former FTC member Alvaro Bedoya visited a farm on Saturday in central Iowa at a forum hosted by the Iowa Farmers Union. Participants painted a stark picture of the economic forces squeezing small producers and hollowing out...

The cut to Conservation Technical Assistance is just one of nearly $7 billion in budget cuts USDA has proposed, but cutting technical assistance would create a ripple effect across USDA's broader conservation programs.

In March, DOGE had listed at least 110 USDA offices across nine agencies that would face canceled leases, amounting to an estimated $59.3 million in contract savings, according to DOGE. Now, the DOGE website lists 49 USDA office...

The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation is raising concerns about what farmers might face this fall if tariff wars aren't resolved. That was just one of the topics in a hearing before the U.S. Senate Special...

USDA delayed the release of a quarterly trade report on Friday and removed the typical written analysis with it because of concerns from officials that it was not as positive as anticipated.

The lion's share of debate in the budget reconciliation package will continue to focus on Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cuts, as well as individual tax provisions, but farmers have a lot at stake with...

A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa rejected a case brought by an Iowa landowner who was challenging USDA's wetland determinations over nine acres of ground. The landowner and attorneys from...

In a letter sent Wednesday to House and Senate leaders, 365 groups laid out their growing concerns that some states have begun to regulate pesticides in a manner contradicting decades of scientific guidance from the...

Several major corn-planting states are now in the crop-insurance late-planting window after May 25 and several other states will move into that late-planting period after May 31. The USDA NASS weekly Crop Progress report shows...

The tax provisions in the budget reconciliation bill missed an opportunity to help farmers use a lower land value option for the estate tax. The 45Z credit remains in the bill and is enhanced, but another tax credit that would spur...

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston from the Northern District of California, granted a preliminary injunction late Thursday extending her order that halts President Donald Trump's executive order...

The "One Big Beautiful Bill," as named by President Donald Trump's description, cuts taxes by $3.78 billion over 10 years, but also cuts roughly $1.2 trillion in spending on programs such as Medicaid and nutrition programs. For...