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.

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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.

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.

JBS S.A., the world's largest meatpacker, is directly involved with a bribery scandal at the highest levels in its home country of Brazil, but there is no indication the company is facing investigations in the U.S.

Farm leaders representing ag exports in beef, pork, rice, corn and wheat are all somewhat concerned about losing their current market access as a result of the Trump administration's planned renegotiation of the North American...

The Soil Health Institute, a joint effort by the Noble Foundation and the Farm Foundation, released a plan Thursday detailing its goal to engage researchers, farmers, businesses and other foundations to improve the health of soils...

In his first hearing as a cabinet secretary, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue testified for more than three hours Wednesday before the House Agriculture Committee on a whole range of topics as lawmakers quizzed Perdue on trade, USDA...

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...

There has been a lot of speculation in recent days about nominations for several major posts at USDA. News organizations reported over the weekend about a potential nominee for USDA's chief scientist post because the candidate...

Under the framework of a deal announced late Thursday, the U.S. will get access to China for beef and get several major biotechnology traits approved as well. In return, cooked Chinese chicken will be imported to the U.S.

Val Dolcini, who led FSA from 2015 until leaving his post in January, told DTN that farmers, ranchers and landowners would benefit from the Trump administration's plan to bring under one umbrella the FSA, the Natural Resources...

Congress put a 24-million-acre cap on CRP near the end of the commodity boom. As farmers and lawmakers look ahead to a new farm bill, at least some lawmakers and groups are trying to get CRP acres bumped back up.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue spoke to major Iowa farm leaders Friday morning about his goals at USDA, the importance of biofuels and his plans to play a major role in trade issues, such as getting United States beef back...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue spoke to major Iowa farm leaders Friday morning about his goals at USDA, the importance of biofuels and his plans to play a major role in trade issues, such as getting United States beef back...

The snowstorm that hit large swaths of Kansas last weekend affected a crop that was at or approaching the heading stage. That changes the options for farmers who may want to terminate the wheat and plant a spring crop, or...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wants to "make life better" for farmers, ranchers and other workers by reforming regulations. He also continued to criticize Canadian trade practices.

The new head of USDA will meet with a group of farmers to discuss the course of agriculture in this country.

The new head of USDA will meet with a group of farmers to discuss the course of agriculture in this country.

At a forum Saturday in Dallas, a few Texas ag leaders said they are watching to see if Sonny Perdue will work to designate cotton as an oilseed for commodity programs once Perdue is confirmed as Agriculture secretary this week.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke Friday evening at an Earth Day Texas event. Despite disruption from a few protestors, Pruitt talked about the need for EPA to work on both air quality and water quality, as well as the need...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is gearing up to return to the Capitol next week to vote on a new Agriculture secretary. On Wednesday, she heard from Iowa cattle producers and others who had concerns about trade and a few other farm...

Ethanol mainly derived from corn was contained in 10.04% of gasoline in 2016, hurdling over a wall the petroleum industry has argued biofuels could not climb, the Renewable Fuels Association noted on Wednesday.

In a surprise move that began just last week at the Iowa statehouse, lawmakers voted to eliminate the 30-year-old sustainable agriculture research center by zeroing out the Leopold Center's entire funding stream.

With a new executive order, the White House seeks to curb foreign workers taking over high-tech U.S. jobs. The president's plan isn't expected to affect agriculture, even as some farm groups call on the president and Congress to...

USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration announced the delay of the controversial livestock marketing rule on Tuesday. USDA also announced the department would look at other actions the department should...

The Financial Times quoted unnamed officials who said China is willing to end the ban on U.S. beef that goes back to the finding of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the U.S. in 2003.

Just a year ago, the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council was in the middle of a lawsuit to recover royalties and end a licensing agreement with another company on high-oleic soybeans and other seed varieties. Now the council is...

While rice and peanut farmers told members of a House Agriculture Subcommittee on Tuesday on Capitol Hill that the farm bill's Price Loss Coverage program works for them, the chairman of the National Cotton Council stressed the...

The Federal Trade Commission told ChemChina on Tuesday that the agency approves ChemChina's $43 billion purchase of Syngenta AG, but will require ChemChina to sell the assets and licensing of three specific pesticides. The European...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that pushes the EPA to repeal the Clean Power Plan and the Interior Department to open up leasing of federal lands for coal production. Still, parts of corporate...

Shelving health-care insurance reform doesn't make the problems go away that face farmers and other small businesses dealing with annual increases in premiums for their workers or themselves.

Farm groups are calling on the Senate to take a final floor vote on Sonny Perdue's nomination as Agriculture secretary, but the political battle over Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch likely will delay consideration of Perdue's...

President Donald Trump will issue a pair of executive orders on Friday. One will analyze why the U.S. has trade deficits with certain countries and whether those countries are following international rules and free-trade agreements...

President Donald Trump issued a pair of executive orders on Friday. One analyzes why the U.S. has trade deficits with certain countries and whether those countries are following international rules and free-trade agreements. The...