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U.S. on-farm storage capacity rose to 13.235 billion bushels as of Dec. 1, 2015, up less than 1% from year-ago, while off-farm storage capacity rose 3% to 10.997 billion bushels as of Dec. 1, 2015, according to USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service (NASS).

Interest rate for nine-month loans to be highest since 2009

An estimated 3 million commercial truck and bus drivers must electronically record their hours behind the wheel under a new government rule aimed at enforcing regulations designed to prevent fatigue.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council applaud the House passage of H.R. 3279 Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act.

The federal government on Thursday issued new guidelines for the voluntary labeling of genetically modified foods, outlining what food manufacturers should and should not say.

Neither Larry James nor Steve Bruere like to dwell on what divides environmentalists and the ag community when it comes to Iowa’s issues with water quality.

Most dairy farmers don’t realize there is a hole in their farm liability insurance coverage that is so big they could drive a manure tanker through it.

Monsanto’s MON 87411 was recently deregulated by the USDA. This is the first step in a multi-year process to get the trait approved by regulatory agencies and into the hands of farmers.

A federal investigation has determined that a Colorado livestock hauler repeatedly lied to officials and sent about 1,700 wild horses to slaughterhouses after buying them through a Bureau of Land Management program that is supposed to provide the animals with good homes.

Fast-food chain Chipotle’s own website reveals that its “G-M-Over It” marketing slogan - a smear campaign against conventional food and the farmers who grow it - is nonsense.