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Transporting Livestock Across America Safely (TLAAS) reintroduced in Congress to help reform Electronic Logging Device (ELD) and hours of service rules for livestock haulers.

Four-legged Woody saved the day when Joe Sheeran’s life flashed before his eyes. Pinned beneath a cow, he thought it was all over until his 8-month-old Australian Shepherd came to his rescue.

The partial U.S. government shutdown is closing out day 21, and is now tied for the longest government closure ever. No USDA major USDA reports means the trade is in the dark, and it could be a detriment to agriculture.

Despite lingering trade uncertainty and an overall weak farm economy, 2018 was a solid year for combine and tractor sales, reports AEM in the December U.S. Ag Tractor and Combine Report.

With a new U.S. Congress, policy and regulatory changes might be hard to come by for cattle producers.

The Chinese are probably unwilling to make fundamental changes to how they do business with the U.S.

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.

Concerns have been raised by those who travel the same roads that livestock haulers have safety exemptions to drive on.

Several of the biggest crop production reports of the year are now delayed due to the government shutdown.

Some advisers are encouraging farmers to keep some of their seed-purchase options flexible a while longer.

Transporters of livestock can still use paper logs while the government is shut down and a spending bill is waiting to be approved in Washington DC.

China is buying U.S. rice for the first time. The "South China Morning Post" reported Chinese customs officials cleared American rice for import on Thursday.

The farm bill is being praised by national and state organizations representing beef producers for the benefits it will provide cattlemen.

President Donald Trump signed H.R. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill, in a ceremony at USDA Thursday afternoon.

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.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard.

While general polls peg President Donald Trump’s approval rating in the low forties, the latest Farm Journal Pulse on the president’s approval shows solid support among those in agriculture.

U.S. brand in global market is diminishing

It's on the mind of many producers right now: when will that second round of market facilitation payments be going out?

A huge stockpile of soybeans helps explain why the market remains unimpressed with China’s resumption of U.S. purchases.

South American production threatens U.S. opportunity.

Both the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) and National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) are happy with elements of the farm bill.

The label for over-the-top application of dicamba in soybeans and cotton has been extended through December 2020.

This week USDA announced the RMA will provide flexibility for farmers who have been unable to complete harvest prior to December 10.

USDA is still negotiating with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on a second round of farmer aid payments under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP).

Jerry Gulke provides his take on the market reactions to the G-20 meeting with China.

Last week the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) launched U.S. lamb’s return to the Japanese market with an educational seminar and tasting event in Tokyo.

Cannabis, in the form of industrial hemp, receives crop status in the bill, opening a significant door for farmers growing it.

EPA released target volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019 as anticipated, earlier Friday, holding conventional volumes at 15 billion gallons.

Argentina has become the epicenter of soybean trading dynamics -- at least for now.

Farm Bill negotiators are going quiet as the deadline to finish the legislation nears. However, some in Washington D.C. say it’s likely the hold-up is simply due to the process ‘just taking time.’