Policy
Thad Cochran, a seven-term Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi who was one of the longest-serving members in Congress when he retired in 2018, has died. He was 81.
The U.S. is poised to lift steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico in favor of stronger enforcement actions, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dr. Frank Mitloehner testified Tuesday during a Senate Ag Committee hearing on Climate Change.
House Ag Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) threatened to sue the administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Richard Fordyce, over continuous sign-ups for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
While the countries continue to sort out differences and the U.S. strives to keep the Chinese accountable to their previous agreements, farmers are losing patience.
Cong. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) has his sights set on the chairman’s gavel of the House Agriculture Committee.
Personal income for farmers fell by the most in three years in the first quarter, as losses to U.S. agriculture mount from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
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Farmers are still more likely to be male, and there’s a growing gap between age and experience.
he number of U.S. farms that are either very big or pretty small probably grew during a period when agriculture incomes fell 22 percent, pressuring mid-sized growers whose debt skyrocketed.
Today USDA released 6.4 million new data point about America’s farms and producers.
A deal focused on purchases of commodities such as chicken, soybeans, crude oil and LNG isn’t likely to leave the U.S. in a better position than when this process started.
USDA will release the 2017 Census of Agriculture on Thursday, April 11. Ahead of the data release, take a look at some key data sets from the 2012 edition.
Major global trade changes for 2018/19 include higher projected corn exports for Brazil, Argentina, the EU, and Ukraine with a partially offsetting reduction for the United States.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says he wants landowners to be able to determine if their property includes a federal waterway without the need for an attorney.
If you ever wished to gaze at a stomping, snorting, neighing panorama of Western heritage from your living-room window, now could be your chance.
US Regulators Clear Path for Genetically Modified Salmon
Zeihan is the author of two books: “The Accidental Superpower” and “The Absent Superpower.”
USDA announces release dates for weekly export sales reports following the end of the partial government shutdown.
In a Farm Journal email survey sent in October, 56% of the more than 1,500 respondents said if elections were held tomorrow, they would vote to re-elect President Trump.
Bunge Ltd. appointed the former head of a rival agricultural trading house as chief executive officer in a move that may revive talks of a sale of the 200-year-old firm.
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the agency had found a loophole to continue funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for one more month.
Hope for averting a partial government shutdown dissipated Thursday afternoon as House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters President Donald Trump would not sign a stopgap funding continuing resolution.
EPA released target volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019 as anticipated, earlier Friday, holding conventional volumes at 15 billion gallons.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is considering a proposal that would change the way agricultural land is taxed to provide relief to farmers who are struggling amid low crop prices.
Who gains control of the House and Senate will play out on Tuesday as Americans head to their local polling stations and vote.
Headlines have declared that the Texas Farm Bureau has banned all Nike apparel for its staff . The Texas Farm Bureau, however, says that’s not quite right.
A district court ruling has put the Waters of the U.S. rule back into effect in 26 states.
The European Union and Japan signed a landmark deal on Tuesday that will eliminate nearly all tariffs on products they trade.