Chris Clayton

After months of back and forth, USDA and FDA officials on Friday announced the two agencies would split the regulatory responsibilities on the emerging industry of growing meat products from cell cultures in a lab.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, D-Texas, and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., have made a joint farm bill offer to the Senate that addresses the stiffer work requirements for the Supplemental...

With time running short, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said it's critical to get a deal this week on a farm bill between the House and Senate so there is time to complete the language and get cost estimates on...

Jim Gulliford is starting his second year as regional EPA administrator overseeing Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Gulliford knows the territory well, as he served as regional administrator under George W. Bush's administration...

Going late into Tuesday evening, projections saw Democrats gaining more than enough seats to capture control of the U.S. House of Representatives, which Democrats lost in 2010. Republicans made some pickups in the Senate by...

Rep. Collin Peterson said early Wednesday he thinks the farm bill will get done during the lame-duck session of Congress that starts next week. That may depend on current House Agriculture Committee chairman bending on work...

Going late into the evening, projections saw Democrats gaining more than enough seats to capture control of the House of Representatives, which Democrats lost in 2010. Republicans in the Senate made some pickups by knocking off...

ADM CEO Juan Luciano, responding to an analyst's question about possible U.S. soybean exports to China in the next few months, said there remains a question of whether China will need to come in and buy U.S. beans before Brazil...

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers held a roundtable with Omaha businesses, including combine manufacturer CLAAS. The meeting spotlighted some of the trade challenges. Tariffs on steel and aluminum are hitting equipment...

The Farm Foundation contracted with economists at Purdue University to estimate the impacts on U.S. agriculture from the USMCA. The study showed tariffs between the U.S. and other trade partners overwhelm the export benefits...

With regulations on emissions and legal battles over lagoons, livestock industries, ethanol plants and others are seeing opportunities in creating methane digesters that can make renewable natural gas that qualifies for cellulosic...

Secretary Perdue: Patriotism Doesn't Pay the Bills

Visiting an ethanol plant in South Dakota on Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue held a roundtable with farmers and ethanol backers that largely focused on the promise of E15 sales year-round and concerns about the...

Gerald Long, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau, said loan repayment is one the biggest concerns facing farmers in his state after the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael. The Georgia Department of Agriculture summed up...

There is a permanence and poetry to the land that feeds the soul when we stop and take time to listen.

University of Arkansas professor Marty Matlock said consumers should not have to decide between "sustainable and unsustainable food." Consumers have a standard expectation of safety and should have the same expectation for...

Coming off the completion of the new North American free-trade deal -- the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement -- the U.S. Trade Representative's office announced new talks on three possible trade negotiations.

The 2018 Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Index, put together by the Global Harvest Initiative, continues to highlight that food production is not growing fast enough to sustainably feed the world in 2050. The problem is worse...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, was in Omaha with Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a freshman member of the committee, on Monday as they toured an Omaha nonprofit. He talked with DTN about his take on where...

In extreme southwest Georgia, the Florida Panhandle and southeast Alabama, where producers took the full brunt of Hurricane Michael's eye, the cotton damage likely translates into "a 100% wipeout" in some counties.

October and November normally would be big months for shipping soybeans out of export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, but there are few export sales on the books this year. Typically reliable Chinese buyers have made it clear...

On Tuesday evening, Trump was heading to Council Bluffs, Iowa, to champion year-round 15% ethanol blends and help the campaigns of Iowa Republicans.

Leaders from the International Dairy Foods Association are in Washington, D.C., to talk to lawmakers about the United States-

Leaders from the International Dairy Foods Association are in Washington, D.C., to talk to lawmakers about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, as well the importance of getting the Trump administration to drop the Section...

The new trade deal includes provisions that will improve dairy market access to Canada from the United States and preserve the U.S. market in Mexico. The deal also addresses problems U.S. farmers have faced with wheat grades...

The U.S. and Canada reached a new trade deal late Sunday that includes provisions that will improve dairy market access to Canada from the United States. It will also ensure more automobiles use a higher percentage of parts built...

Former Rep. Bob Inglis is touring the country to speak to conservative audiences about climate science and solutions that he sees as still reflecting bedrock conservative principles.

President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of attacking the "farm belt" and areas of the country that support him. Shortly after, Trump and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans to start work on a possible...

Land O'Lakes is releasing a new software platform called the Truterra Insights Engine to help crop consultants and agronomy advisers work with farmers on stewardship practices that can reduce nutrient losses and ideally improve...

Nebraska Farm Bureau is partnering with the non-profit insurer Medica out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to offer a new association health plan that the group sees possibly saving full-time farmers and ranchers on insurance premiums.

The Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator closed earlier his month after it became clear the cooperative was missing at least $2 million in funds and the former elevator manager has disappeared.

China responded Tuesday to President Donald Trump's latest tariffs with a new round of 5% to 10% tariffs on U.S. products. A coalition of organizations critical of the tariffs criticized the latest move Monday by the president to...

President Donald Trump late Monday announced new tariffs on roughly $200 billion in goods from China effective Sept. 24.

While it's too early to make specific damage calculations, Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina with nearly all of the state's cotton and half of its tobacco in the fields. As of now, it's hard to navigate the state because of the...

As biofuel plants struggle under the Renewable Fuel Standard right now, a climate event in San Francisco looks at how low-carbon fuels standards have boosted ethanol use in California and could drive more biofuel demand if Midwest...

Several commodity groups representing dairy producers and grain farmers questioned USDA's methodology when the department released final numbers for its trade aid package. USDA emphasized the main focus was examining how much...

During a two-day "Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture" event this week, California officials and agricultural leaders brought in producers and perspectives from around the country to highlight the importance of adapting...

As a farmer, the stress from crops failing or animals dying; or family division or insurance woes; or any number of other things can be hard to bear, and at times, hard to share.

Among key leaders on the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, there was agreement on the need to get a farm bill done before the current bill expires Sept. 30. Others in the conference meeting Wednesday highlighted an array...

An analysis of three farmers and their conservation practices showed the net returns were positive. The report by the Environmental Defense Fund and agricultural accounting firm K-Coe Isom detailed farmer expenses and gains...

North Dakota State University held a press conference Thursday to highlight how the current trade dispute largely between the U.S. and China will end up disrupting normal harvest, rail shipping and storage for farmers in the...

States are waiting to see if the Supreme Court is going to take up cases against livestock and poultry animal-welfare standards set by California and Massachusetts laws. The cases focus on the same debate revolving around a...

Farmers officially can start applying Tuesday for the Trump administration's trade-aid package at their local Farm Service Agency offices. However, farmers will need to show actual production for crops, so they will need to wait...

The Trump administration, feeling the need to meet a deadline with Congress, announced it will submit a new trade deal with Mexico and could add Canada later. Talks between the U.S. and Canada this week did reach an agreement...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue got a lot of questions Wednesday about trade, but he also said President Donald Trump called him and encouraged Perdue to tell farmers that year-round E15 needs to get done.

USDA leaders announced more details of the trade aid package on Monday. Sign-up starts Sept. 4, but farmers will need to show actual production for fall-harvested crops such as soybeans, corn, sorghum and cotton before they...

A tentative trade deal between the U.S. and Mexico announced on Monday puts pressure on Canada in talks with the U.S. to keep the trade agreement a trilateral deal. President Donald Trump said manufacturers and farmers would be...

Before details about an Iowa murder case were known, the House of Representatives was championing a potential vote in September on the "Ag and Legal Workforce Act," or HR 6417, which would replace the current H-2A agricultural...

Theft of intellectual property and protection of trade secrets were highlighted last week at an agricultural technology and law conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. An FBI agent pointed to some of the common mistakes made that...