Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
AFBF Makes Policy Recommendations to the MAHA Commission
The Make Our Children Health Again Strategy will be released by the MAHA Commission on August 12. Brian Glenn, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said his organiza...
Aug 06, 2025
Expanding the Uses of Industrial Hemp
The 2018 farm bill provided a legal pathway for the production of hemp in the United States. This summer, researchers at the University of Illinois held a Hemp Research Open House. David Lakeman from ...
Jul 31, 2025
Senators Introduce Legislation to Bolster Conservation Reserve Program
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today introduced the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Improvement and Flexib...
Jul 31, 2025
Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern to Merge for $85 Billion
Union Pacific will buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in a deal worth $85 billion. U.P. says this would create the first coast-to-coast freight rail operator in the U.S. Reuters said, if approved, the...
Jul 31, 2025
Trump announces 90-day negotiating period with Mexico as 25% tariff rates stay in place
By JOSH BOAK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will enter a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico over trade as 25% tariff rates stay in place, President Donald Trump said ...
Jul 31, 2025
Trump announces 90-day negotiating period with Mexico as 25% tariff rates stay in place
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will enter a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico over trade as 25% tariff rates stay in place, President Donald Trump said Thursday....
Jul 31, 2025
A Center for Faith – at USDA
One could say to be in farming, you need faith in farming, faith within farming, and just faith. The U.S. Agriculture Department recognizes this and has for quite some time."At the turn of this centur...
Jul 30, 2025
Managing Heat Stress in Your Vegetable and Fruit Garden
Backyard veggie and fruit growers worried about recently extreme heat and your garden crops, perhaps you are seeing signs of heat stress impacts on your produce. How to mitigate that? While most will ...
Jul 30, 2025
Lantana: The sun-loving, pollinator-friendly powerhouse
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerI have grown to love lantana. I never really had anything against it. It’s just the fact I haven’t had a lot of sun areas in my landscape and lantana can...
Jul 30, 2025
Lantana: The sun-loving, pollinator-friendly powerhouse
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I have grown to love lantana. I never really had anything against it. It's just the fact I haven't had a lot of sun areas in my landscape and lantana can take up a ...
Jul 30, 2025