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USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says unfavorable weather means everything from barley to spring and durum wheat are getting scorched this year. Crop condition ratings continue to tumble as dryness and heat persist.

USDA Secretary Vilsack is expected to announce $500 million in new funds to expand meat processing capacity during a trip Friday to Council Bluffs, Iowa, according to Jim Wiesemeyer.

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says after a year of climbing global food costs, the global food price index saw a decline, yet prices are still up nearly 34% from a year ago.

Meteorologist Matt Engelbrecht has the latest on Tropical Storm Elsa.

USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack is scheduled to travel to Nebraska Friday for what the agency is calling a “major announcement.” It could include details of the Biden Administration’s plan to create more competition within ag.

To mark the one-year anniversary of USCMA, USFTR Katherine Tai met her multi-country counterparts in Mexico City this week. The trade leaders covered issues related to dairy market access, energy policies and climate.

Drought conditions are holding tight in the Pacific Northwest, Northern Rockies, Northern Plains, and Upper Midwest, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor.

President Biden will order U.S. transportation agencies to address competition in rail and sea shipping in an effort to lower the costs of shipping goods for companies, a source told Reuters on Thursday.

The global economy’s slow-and-steady rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic is good news for U.S. agriculture.

Corn harvesting in Argentina advanced by 3.4 points to reach 56% of planted area, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in a report on Thursday, keeping its crop estimate unchanged at 48 million tonnes for 2020/2021.