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As the weather begins to heat up, more and more fresh fruits and vegetables can be found at farmers markets across the state, including plants for your garden.  

CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Dec. 5 — U.S. Soy remains America’s No. 1 agricultural export, adding $31.2 billion to the U.S. economy in marketing year (MY) 2023/24. While total soy export volumes were down from the year prior at 60.8 million metric tons (MMT), partly due to fewer carry-in stocks and expansion of domestic crush, U.S. soybean meal […]

It’s the 32nd year that Pro Farmer’s Crop Tour will provide the industry with accurate late-season growing information about likely corn and soybean yields, and it’s starting as we speak this (Mon) morning. “It is quite the journey seven states in four days and all told the mileage that we’ll put in will be about […]

U.S. sugar industry leaders are meeting in Seattle, Washington August 2-7 for the 39th annual International Sweetener Symposium hosted by the American Sugar Alliance. This year’s conference, titled “Stability, Security, Safety: The Need for a Strong Farm Bill,” will feature farm leaders, policymakers, and experts who will address many of the critical issues facing the U.S. and […]

The Supreme Court, in a huge win for agriculture and other sectors, has overturned 40 years of legal precedent that gave agency bureaucrats regulatory powers the courts had to respect. The decisions in two separate cases overturned the court’s 1984 Chevron precedent that favored bureaucrats over the courts. National Cattleman’s Beef Association Chief Counsel Mary […]

A new report reveals that investing in rural areas can improve essential resources for the people living there. Despite a significant rural population of 46 million in the United States, these regions receive only a minimal amount of grant funding. Back in 2012, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust launched the Healthy Places North Carolina initiative and […]

What does a snapshot of US agriculture look like? Glimpses are now available courtesy of the initial data points released from the 2022 census of agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reacted to two significant pieces of information gleaned from the latest census. Survey after survey continues to show a decline in the number of farms […]

Just because the Farm Bill deadline got extended to the fall of 2024 doesn’t mean there’s a lot of extra time for discussion that according to Mary Kay Thatcher, Senior Manager of federal government and industry relations with Syngenta, It only probably got us till about May of next year. If it if we try […]