POLICY
After being pulled from the farm bill, year-round E15 sales are now heading for a standalone House vote following a key compromise between the ethanol and refining industries.
In a major legislative milestone, the House-passed H.R. 7567 offers a roadmap for the next five years of American agriculture.
We must use our voices as farmers to speak up and let consumers know that gene-edited crops are safe. And we must push forward into a farming future that helps us all.
The One Big Beautiful Bill’s new rules will allow for additional farm program payments, according to Richard Fordyce, USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation.
Abolishing the Jones Act shouldn’t take a war or a disaster. Times are always tough—and the last thing Americans need is another bad law that makes it harder to make ends meet.
President Trump said, while speaking to reporters at a cabinet meeting on Thursday, U.S. farmers had been mistreated by some countries.
U.S. Legal Marijuana Sector had $30 Billion in Revenue in 2024
Why is a long-term farm bill even needed with the provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill? Industry leaders explain their views on the issue.
The nation’s farm groups are pushing for increased demand through biofuels and trade.
Scales of Injustice? Jake Molieri faces ruin after officials clamped down on his snake aversion business.
A quiet COVID-era policy removed pork from the schools’ menus. Now, the Illinois Pork Producers Association is fighting to restore this culturally relevant, nutrient-dense protein for 325,000 students.
EPA’s unwinding of the Obama-era endangerment finding could amount to the largest deregulation in history. One positive outcome for farmers is the change it could mean for the use of Diesel Exhaust Fluid.
EPA eliminates 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and vehicle emission standards to save taxpayers $1.3 trillion.
From incentives for conservation easements to a push for sustainable industrial growth, Gov. Bill Lee shares his strategy to protect the future of agriculture in Tennessee.
Monte Shaw with the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says the president’s direction to Congress could be the game changer to pass E15 legislation after a decade-long fight.
Learn how the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda and grocery inflation are reshaping voter sentiment and dairy policy ahead of the 2026 midterms.
A federal audit wiped out Drumgoon Dairy’s staff, exposing agriculture’s labor crisis. This South Dakota farm’s labor struggle highlights the urgent need for immigration reform to sustain the U.S. food supply.
The court issued more rulings Wednesday but did not act in the tariffs case, which was argued on Nov. 5.
Nik Patel steered a series of astonishing agriculture-related scams and racked up a whopping 52-year prison sentence.
Climate change driving increase in intensity and frequency of wildfires.
The December Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor shows the farm economy will likely stay strained into 2026. As crops face tight margins, biofuels policy — especially E15 and biomass-based diesel — could influence recovery.
AI applications are quite accessible to farmers around the world
Kenya and the United States must continue to work together—on national security, on healthcare, and above all on the international trade that can help us both prosper.
Farmers need to be prepared to pay substantially more for their coverage in 2026, unless Congress acts now to address the impending price surge.
As farmers wait for official rates expected the week of Dec. 22, Paul Neiffer shares his calculation for six crops. Richard Fordyce with USDA also lays out the timeline for delivering payments and what farmers need to do to be on the list.