Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

American Farm Bureau Federation president Zippy Duvall says it's critical that Congress finishes a farm bill this year."Well, there are only a few pieces of legislation that are more significant than ...

You look at the calendar and it says February but we look outside we look at the thermometer and we’re thinking, maybe Spring has sprung. We’ll turn to climatologist Corey Davis to get his...

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Even many market analysts who were bearish have been surprised at how fast corn ...

Pesticides are featured in Idaho’s “David vs. Goliath” conflict; Congress needs to act if affordable internet programs are to continue in rural America; and conservatives say candida...

The good news is U.S. milk production is expected to grow in 2024. Michael McConnell of the USDA's Chief Economist’s Office says the bad news is the growth rate will slow compared to last year."...

 A foreign hog disease could cost the industry huge production losses if it makes it to the U.S. Japanese Encephalitis virus is a transboundary disease for hogs and it’s on the move through...

TARBORO, N.C., Feb. 21, 2024 - During a visit to Edgecombe County, N.C., a Rural Partners Network community, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and White House Domestic P...

Soybean prices have been on a continual downward slide for several months. Ben Kasch, account executive for Bower Trading, says the lower trend began in 2023."Ever since the end of October, first of N...

What does U.S. ag production ag commodity prices look like for 2024? Agriculture Department Chief Economist Seth Meyer provided the annual outlook starting with how prices support what commodities gro...

The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, passed in 1978, provides tracking and monitoring of investment in U.S. Agriculture. However, American Farm Bureau economist Danny Munch says the pro...