Category Archives: Agriculture News

Kicking off an expected loosening of U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday. The move brings a larger-than-normal reduction in the cost of...

The Fertilizer Institute testified before the Surface Transportation Board and emphasized the ongoing need for the freight rail industry to shift its focus toward customer service and growth. The fert...

While the 2024 Farm Bill has been stalled for multiple months, the legislative logjam is showing a few signs of breaking after key ag groups took to Capitol Hill to share the economic reality facing f...

Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in calling on the administration to protect America's dairy industry.They want to ensure that plant-based imitation products are not e...

The House of Representatives passed the "Protecting U.S. Farmland from Foreign Adversaries Act." Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced a companion bill in the Senate. The leg...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service just released a collection of interactive maps to allow data users to access key Census of Agriculture information. The ne...

The USDA trade mission to Vietnam includes agribusinesses and farm organizations from many states including California.The goal is to develop and expand business opportunities with importers in Vietna...

Vitaetom, a Belgium company specializing in organic greenhouse-grown vegetables, recently introduced a new organic variety of tomatoes called Ruby Red. This deep red plum tomato is a first in the orga...

U.S. dairy farms vary widely in size, from fewer than 50 dairy cows to having 2,000 or more. While many factors can influence a dairy farm's production cost per unit of milk, such as technology use, m...

The new debt consolidation tool allows producers to enter their farm operating debt and evaluate the potential savings that might come from debt consolidation.That consolidation could come from either...