Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

Climatologist Corey Davis says spotty “flash drought” areas are starting to appear across the Carolinas.

It’s in its fourth year at the Iowa State Fair and again, organizers are calling it a success. It’s the Bacon Buddies, a collaboration between the Iowa Pork Producers Association and the I...

Focusing on the diversity of the market opportunities for U.S. pork has paid off during the first half of 2023. June exports were up 12 percent in value from a year ago. Kelli Wicks, manager of intern...

USDA is holding a Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing starting August 23 in Carmel, Indiana. American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Danny Munch says USDA will consider 21 proposals during the hear...

Certainly in modern times, this is by far and away the worst Hawaiian wildfire disaster we have seen.USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey referring to the recent fires of the Hawaiian islands of Maui and th...

Imagine a large tabletop filled with a model-scale display of buildings, trucks, roads, homes, a processing plant, and pigs. This model serves a purpose in foreign animal disease, or FAD, preparation ...

Ontario's winter wheat harvest is finally wrapping up. Farmers in Southwestern and southern central Ontario have struggled to finish a wheat harvest interrupted by a series of heavy rains, thunderstor...

Farmers could quickly lose important tools to deal with pests unless the EPA acts soon. David Geiger reports.To see more, the new Herbicide Draft Strategy is available for viewing and public comment o...

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.