WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending the comment period for its proposed rule titled Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments for an additional 15 days through August […]

McLEAN, Va., Aug. 5, 2022 — The Farm Credit Administration is encouraging Farm Credit System (System) institutions to work with System borrowers who have been affected recently by flooding, heat, and drought. Over the past […]

China is the world’s largest textile manufacturer and the largest cotton consumer, but changes in China’s economy are reshaping the geography of its cotton-textile sector. A report issued today by ERS, Chinese Cotton: Textiles, Imports, and […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in two outreach and education efforts for farmers and ranchers, including those who are new to farming or who have been historically underserved by […]

ARLINGTON, Va. (Aug. 4, 2022) – Today the U.S. Senate voted to reverse the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) rulemaking related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Regulations Revisions. Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Senior Vice President of Public […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has proclaimed the week of August 7-13, 2022, as National Farmers Market Week in recognition of the role farmers markets play in making more […]

Sioux Falls, SD – The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) 35th annual conference coming up next week August 10-12 in Omaha will feature a timely panel that dives into new uses and markets emerging for ethanol producers, including […]

TREMONT, Ill. – Precision Planting today announced the formation of Radicle AgronomicsTM, a new generation of powerful tools for professional agronomists which enable them to discard manual and error-prone processes and, instead, focus their time on […]

Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2022)—446 agricultural trade associations, agribusinesses and farmer co-ops yesterday called on the Senate to pass an agriculture workforce reform bill this Congress. The call came in a letter to Senate leadership […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D./SAVANNAH, Ga. (August 3, 2022) – POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels and a leading producer of bioproducts, announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with Savannah Marine Terminal (SMT) to […]