Argentina has banned U.S. pork products for 25 years but now has agreed to reopen the market after Vice President Mike Pence met with Argentina's president. The announcement conservatively estimated the market at roughly $10...

Mexico doesn't want to drag arguments over labor standards or wages into the NAFTA debate and Canada doesn't want to give up supply management for dairy or other products, but the major agricultural groups in the three NAFTA...

Mexican grain companies want the same ability as larger American grain companies to play grain and oilseed production in both the U.S. and South America to their advantage. One of Mexico's leading feed mills is already starting to...

A Mexican cattle feeder points not just to the grain he feeds, but also to the pipeline being built across his feedyard to highlight how the U.S. and northern Mexico economies have become interdependent over the past two decades.

The owner of a small feed mill has plans to expand his operation, but they are on hold for now because of unease over what will happen with the renegotiation of NAFTA.

This week DTN/The Progressive Farmer is taking part in a tour of the grain trade in Texas and Mexico sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council. The week started by visiting farmers in Texas and visiting grain elevators near the...

Algae, Dead Zones, Climate Change and the Soil Health Movement

More than two dozen people testified Thursday at a House Agriculture Committee farm bill listening session at Farmfest in Morgan, Minnesota.

The House Agriculture Committee has its "Conversations in the Field," field hearing at Farmfest in Minnesota on Thursday. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue also is taking off on a five-state RV tour of his own that also will...

Some farmers and policymakers consider conservation compliance for crop insurance as burdensome, but the value of reducing erosion on highly erodible land and the incentive of not converting wetlands is tied at least partially to...

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has been in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico this week to meet with Mexico's agriculture secretary and tour some processing facilities. Perdue said the two secretaries had some candid...

One of the challenges highlighted at the Soil Health Institute annual meeting was that the average grain buyer of most major commodities isn't focused on the farming practices used to produce the crop.

USDA announced on Tuesday that an 11-year-old Alabama cow tested positive for an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the fifth U.S. case going back to 2003.

Storms started moving through parts of North and South Dakota earlier this week, but farmers and ranchers say wheat and corn crops are already lost and the hay situation for livestock is critical.

USDA announced on Tuesday that an 11-year-old Alabama cow tested positive for an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the fifth U.S. case going back to 2003.

Ag businesses may not be taking advantage of a tax credit available to them and former USDA head Mike Johnanns wants to get it on their radar screens.

President Donald Trump late Thursday nominated Stephen Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, to be deputy secretary of Agriculture.

Farm organizations on Tuesday urged the Trump administration not to make the case that excessive steel imports are a national security issue. The farm groups fear retaliation from other countries if the Trump administration...

The states of Arkansas and Missouri both took action Friday to ban the use of dicamba-mix herbicide applications in their respective states.

A U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for agriculture declined Wednesday to take up the Trump administration's proposal for deeper cuts to USDA programs. Meanwhile the conservative group...

Farm groups were among the first to testify on NAFTA before the U.S. Trade Representative's staff. Fruit and vegetable farmers say their industry is being decimated by a growing flood of cheap Mexican imports, while the grain...

USDA on Friday approved emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program acres in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. Grazing can begin immediately, but landowners need to contact their local Farm Service Agency office.

The CFTC settled charges against McVean Trading and Investments LLC of Memphis; its chairman and CEO, Charles Dow McVean Sr.; and firm president, Michael Wharton, as well as a consultant for the investment firm, Samuel Gilmore...

Farmers aren't certain if they would fare better under the health care bill in the U.S. Senate, but they are looking for relief from a steady rise in premiums and wider spread of deductibles they've seen over the past several years.

Several ag groups on Friday expressed concern that President Donald Trump's plan to roll back some of President Barack Obama's steps to liberalize relations with Cuba, while not related directly to agriculture, could hurt U.S. exports.

With a little fanfare from Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, the packing plant Greater Omaha Packing sent the first load of boxed beef from Omaha to China on Wednesday after 14 years of being shut out of the market.

The USDA National Organic Program has yanked the organic certification of a Turkish commodities company over 16,250 metric tons of soybeans sold to the U.S. as organic even though they were not.

A House Agriculture Committee hearing on Wednesday focused on international food aid in the farm bill and drove home debate on President Donald Trump's budget for foreign aid. Supporters of strong international food aid programs...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday released the specific requirements for meatpackers to ship beef to China, furthering along the eventual reopening of U.S. beef exports to mainland China after 14 years.

USDA named Anne Hazlett as Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development, taking over duties that used to belong to a Senate-confirmed undersecretary at the department.

R-CALF USA wrote a letter to several federal officials on Tuesday calling on them to investigate how JBS acquired its packing houses and feedlots in the U.S. after JBS' investment company agreed to pay billions of dollars to settle...

The idea of creating a fee or toll for barges using the lock-and-dam system on the Ohio, Illinois and upper Mississippi river systems concerns groups that move large volumes of grain and oilseeds through the systems to export...

Farm groups that have worked for years to bring attention to the state of U.S. inland waterways praised President Donald Trump's plan to upgrade aging locks and dams.

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst held her third "roast and ride" event with Vice President Mike Pence. The pair defended the president's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and also stressed the need for the Senate to move...

President Donald Trump kept his word on a campaign promise by announcing Thursday the U.S. will withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate accord. The president said the agreement would harm the U.S. economy while helping other countries...

A leader in the biofuels industry doesn't expect much impact if the U.S. withdraws from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, but executives from several major food and agricultural corporations have asked the White House not to...

The USMEF held a press call on Wednesday to update reporters on various markets. Most of the discussion revolved around what the expectations are for China. There is "intense buying interest" for U.S. beef expected, especially...

Congressmen are asking the U.S. Attorney General why the Trump administration is continuing to pursue a legal case against California farmer John Duarte, who has been at the center of a federal prosecution and multiple lawsuits...

The Trump administration is proposing dramatic cuts to the farm safety net in the president's first budget plan being delivered to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The plan calls for tighter caps and means testing for crop insurance...

Congress is debating the idea of a border adjustment tax on imported goods as an offset for lowering corporate tax rates. Proposals have suggested implementing a tax on imported goods as high as 20%. Industries have different...

The White House budget plan for USDA essentially puts down a marker for what the White House wants to see in the next farm bill.

A trade delegation of Mexican grain buyers held a press conference Tuesday with the governor of Nebraska to stress the importance of the U.S.-Mexico agricultural ties amid concerns over the likely renegotiation of the North...

The White House is expected to release President Donald Trump's budget proposal Tuesday for fiscal year 2018. The plan will recommend cuts to an array of USDA programs, but also propose funding to boost infrastructure spending.