Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

Despite outside geopolitical circumstances and other disruptions causing market volatility, the cattle market seems to be holding up better than expected. Ben Hale, the owner of Western Livestock Auct...

It's dry in some of the southern U.S. states. Dr. Ken Lege, a cotton specialist from Texas A & M AgriLife Extension, said this is typically a drier time of the year in the South. "This is typicall...

Farmers across the country are being reminded to finalize their crop insurance coverage for the 2026 crop year before the March 16 deadline for most spring-seeded crops. New data released by National ...

Recent legislation that had been introduced to advance year-round access to E15 fuel in all 50 states failed in Washington, D.C. The bill failed due to a combination of legislative strategy and politi...

Partnerships to promote the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This has been historically common collaboration in the five-year period when the new guidelines are issued. "USDA has long partnered with ...

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. Energy markets opened with fireworks Sunday night, with some crude contract...

No one in U.S. agriculture questions the importance of overseas trade to the sector's health. President Donald Trump has attempted to rebalance trade with overseas partners, and it's been a difficult ...

The 124th National Farmers Union Convention got underway on Saturday in New Orleans. Rob Larew noted the annual event brought together hundreds of family farmers and ranchers to discuss current concer...

While farmers are grateful for government assistance through the Farm Bridge Assistance Program, the goal is always to sell more commodities. Kenneth Hartman Jr., now the past president of the Nationa...

The U.S. tech industry is continuing a push for more land for data centers in rural areas, and it's causing some farmer pushback. Data centers target rural areas because they require a lot of land and...