Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

As lawmakers work to write the next farm bill, the American Farm Bureau Federation is sharing stories of its importance to agriculture. Chad Smith has more with an example from a Missouri farm.As ongo...

Research is underway on genetic selection of chicken to produce traits that lead to poultry with greater water use efficiency. Rod Bain reports.

A new group of US representatives is working to bridge the labor gap in agriculture, but they have a lot of work ahead of them. North Carolina Democrat Congressman Don Davis is a co-chair of the new A...

The recent growing season resulted in a record amount of corn and soybeans in South America. Dr. Michael Cordonnier, agronomist with Soybean and Corn Advisor, Inc., says the problem is the prices have...

You may be familiar with efforts to create greater water efficiency and use it agriculture via management strategies and conservation methods in crops. Some that come to mind include drought tolerant ...

COLUMBIA - South Carolina farmers and food processors who want to pursue organic certification may qualify for reimbursement through a grant administered by the South Carolina Department of Agric...

It's been an up-and-down run in the wheat market in recent months. Kim Anderson, a grain market economist with Oklahoma State University Extension, talks about the latest in the wheat market."If you&#...

USDA is about to issue a major round of crop forecasts. Gary Crawford has more.

If you are trying to work or play outside in severe heat, an expert has some tips to help keep you safe from heat stroke. Gary Crawford presents that advice on this edition of Agriculture USA.

Lawmakers from the House and Senate are on the annual August recess and back in their respective districts and states. Tom Donnely, American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Grassroots Program Devel...