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Brice Custer breaks down the economics of cover crops on his operation in western Kansas by comparing what his cover crops cost compared to how much he saves by not spraying weeds.

Bill Even jumped onstage during United Soybean Board's (USB) recent long-range planning meeting and enthusiastically talked about how pork and beans go together.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau has rolled out a new association health plan (AHP) for its members the group anticipates could save Nebraska farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses an average of 25% on health insurance premiums.

Hemp is not just an option for producers in states across the U.S. these days, it's also become a state and national attention-getter in political circles.

The divide is growing between global food demand in the future and the projection on the rate of growth for agricultural production, a new report shows.

Just a few blocks from the recent Global Climate Action Summit, in California, biofuel advocates gathered to champion more low-carbon fuel standards that could take the country's biofuels industry in new directions.

When USDA announced changes in its crop reports in July, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue boasted that modern technology ensured everyone had equal access and a level playing field when it comes to tapping USDA's major...

To help farmers look at various stewardship practices and the effects on their lands, Minneapolis-based farmer cooperative Land O'Lakes has rolled out a new software program called the Truterra Insights Engine.

Traceability in the agricultural supply chain remains a complex challenge, but commodity industries, food and clothing retailers are increasingly looking at what blockchain can do for their businesses.

Surrounded by thousands of acres of high-dollar vineyards, California officials and agricultural leaders brought in producers and perspectives from around the country recently to highlight the importance of adapting climate-smart...

Farmers can now apply for the Trump administration's trade-aid package at their local Farm Service Agency offices.

As some of the nation's leading soybean farmers gathered to focus on checkoff priorities for the United Soybean Board (USB), they can't avoid the pressures they face from tariffs, and they're placing a lot more emphasis on...

USDA has officially ended a rule on organic livestock and poultry practices that the Obama administration sought to implement at the end of the administration's tenure in 2017.

Conservation practices can pay out financially for farmers, but landowners are the ones who see the most benefit by increasing long-term value and resiliency of land.

Some view the need for upgraded flood control to improve climate resiliency while others see a need to refocus the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers more on flood control and less on environmental rehabilitation. Either way, a retired...

Some view the need for upgraded flood control to improve climate resiliency while others see a need to refocus the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers more on flood control and less on environmental rehabilitation. Either way, a retired...

Several discussions at the BIO World Congress this week in Des Moines focused on the promise of gene-edited foods and trying to allay consumer concerns over the technology and explain to them...

With concerns that more work is needed to expand low-carbon fuels, experts at a biotechnology conference in Des Moines, Iowa, highlighted the possibility of more states creating low-carbon fuel standards to drive more biofuel...

A year into locked tariffs between the U.S. and China, soybean farmers are still looking to recover lost markets while hog producers are seeing sales return after a year of decline. These are just two of the industries affected...

A lot of price moves have happened over the past year as the diplomatic back and forth between the U.S. and China continue.

Republican senators from oil-producing states are pressing President Donald Trump to tell Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to stay out of EPA's decision-making on small-refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard.

USDA officials, on a call Monday with reporters, said prevented planting claims have reached $151 million paid out so far in insurance indemnities. The department keeps tweaking its programs to encourage farmers to plant cover...

The National Pork Producers Council has challenged FDA's regulations concerning gene editing, arguing the rules classifying genetically modified animals as a "drug" could hamper the industry. With President Donald Trump signing an...

A USDA quarterly report on hogs and pigs numbers showed the U.S. market herd at 69.1 million head, up 3.9% from a year ago, and the highest since USDA began estimating the market-hog inventory in 1964. There's a great deal of...

Leaders in commodity trading and other derivatives told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that rules drafted by the European Union over market derivatives create potential market fragmentation and a race of regulatory oversight...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said USDA is looking to boost indemnity coverage for prevented planting claims. He's also pushing EPA harder on small-refinery exemptions after President Donald Trump asked about exemptions...

Under pressure from farm groups and Congress, USDA's Risk Management Agency on Thursday announced it has changed the haying and grazing restrictions on prevented planting acres. The change...

In at least some areas of the country, there are farmers who won't be able to meet the planting rule of 20 acres or 20% of an insured enterprise unit. Unless USDA's Risk Management Agency makes a change, those farmers face...

Senators raised concerns about lost market access in China and Japan, while they are also anxious to provide more certainty in the markets with action on the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. U.S. Trade Representative Robert...

Until recently, trade was the topic du jour for farmers worried about low prices and the market for their crops. The wet spring, floods and prospects for record prevented planting acres have changed the tenor of conversations.

USDA issued a statement from Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on disaster aid late Monday, along with some questions-and-answers where the department sought to spell out some clarity.

President Donald Trump will garner a lot of praise in Iowa on Tuesday when he visits an ethanol plant. The president is also expected to hear about continued problems with EPA granting exemptions to small refiners owned by highly...

With $3 billion specifically set aside for agricultural losses, disaster aid legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump on Thursday will help Southeastern farmers hit by hurricanes last...

With $3 billion specifically set aside for agricultural losses, disaster aid legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump on Thursday, June 6, will help Southeastern farmers hit by hurricanes last fall, as well as offset losses...

The trade association representing agricultural retailers asked USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the planting season because prevented-planting protections now could leave them with treated seeds and agricultural chemicals...

President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Twitter early Saturday after announcing late Friday that the U.S. had reached a deal with Mexico and would not impose tariffs.

The trade association representing agricultural retailers asked USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the planting season because prevented-planting protections now could leave them with treated seeds and agricultural chemicals...

The House of Representatives voted 354-58 late Monday to approve the long-awaited $19.1 billion disaster aid package that will address not only Midwest flooding but also aid recovery from hurricanes in the Southeastern states last...

Arkansas is struggling with flooding on the Arkansas River as high flows out of Oklahoma meander east toward an already bulging Mississippi River. The Army Corps of Engineers will open a Louisiana spillway this weekend, flooding land...

Corn, wheat and pork producers are among those calling on President Donald Trump to scrap his plans for new tariffs against Mexico. The president wants new tariffs over illegal immigration just weeks after dropping steel and...

Corn, wheat and pork producers are among those calling on President Donald Trump to scrap his plans for new tariffs against Mexico. The president wants new tariffs over illegal immigration just weeks after dropping steel and...

In response to the new Market Facilitation Program rolled out Thursday, farm groups offered praise to the Trump administration for helping offset export losses, but reiterated that a second consecutive year of trade aid is...

The U.S. Senate passed a $19.1 billion disaster package Thursday, with Congress providing more than $3 billion in disaster aid for farmers to pay for losses from disasters that occurred in 2018 and 2019.

A grain marketer encourages farmers to talk to their buyers as farmers in several states now move into the late planting season on their crop insurance protection.

USDA on Thursday provided details of another year of Market Facilitation Program of up to $14.5 billion in direct payments to farmers. The payments, though, will be structured differently from the MFP payments farmers have...

USDA released a statement Tuesday stating the new trade aid program won't distort planting decisions after Bloomberg reported potential payments under the aid package.

In the U.S., a USDA official explained to Congress on Tuesday how the department is working to keep African swine fever out of the country. In China, the disease has wiped out roughly 20% of the pork herd, but U.S. Meat Export...

USDA officials are working on a trade program as planting season continues across most of the country. The wet spring has led to expectations of higher prevented planting acres than normal. Those farmers could lose out on...

The last big year for prevented-planting claims was 2013. While this year's cold, wet spring may be comparable, the price guarantees for all crops are lower and protection levels for corn have...

All eyes will be on the markets Friday after President Trump raised tariffs against Chinese goods again. Chinese officials have said they will respond in similar fashion.

Unless there's a breakthrough, at 12:01 a.m. Friday, the U.S. will raise 10% tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese products up to 25%. China has warned it will retaliate, but talks continued in Washington on Thursday.

Tyson Foods' CEO on Monday said African swine fever has created a potentially unprecedented time in global protein production. Demand for pork exports to China could rise, though USDA's forecasts temper the enthusiasm. Risks also...

Art Schaap and Fred Stone milk dairy cows more than 2,000 miles from each other. But, right now, neither one of them can sell their milk because of contamination from a family of synthetic...

While the commodity giant saw storm damage and poor ethanol earnings in the first quarter of 2019, Archer Daniels Midland's top executive sees a stronger second half of the year as the U.S. and China work to resolve trade...