American Ag Network

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today stepped foot in Utah making it his 50th state visited since becoming Secretary just over two years ago....

Thirteen trade groups representing farmers, rural lenders, crop and biobased oil producers, and biodiesel producers today wrote leaders of the House of Representatives and...

The African swine fever (ASF) has taken over China’s hog herd. Over 20% of the world's largest hog herd has been infected with the...

USDA economist Mildred Haley expects pork production to increase 3.5 percent to 28.3 billion pounds in 2020. The increase comes in response to higher...

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the issue of climate change and the agricultural sector. In written testimony, National Farmers Union President...

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor had positive things to say to the 20 members of the House Biofuels Caucus. The Caucus sent a bipartisan...

Chinese purchases of Canadian soybeans have “slowed to a trickle,” according to the Financial Post. Those purchases have dropped 95 percent in the first...

Beijing says it’s in “no rush” to get talks going again between the U.S. and China. That’s from the South China Morning Post. The...

Today, the House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee held a hearing to review the nation’s animal pest and disease prevention and response capabilities....

American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) CEO Brian Jennings highlights the scientific and economic opportunities U.S. farmers and biofuel producers hold to support climate change...

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor thanked 20 members of the House Biofuels Caucus, led by Co-Chairs Collin Peterson (D-MN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Dave Loebsack...

An Associated Press report says a federal appeals court granted oil refiners a victory by denying the Advanced Biofuels Association’s request for an injunction...

The U.S. trade talks with China seem to be a long way from wrapping up. However, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is trying to assure...

John Deere says it will slow production output at certain facilities by as much as 20 percent year-over-year during the second half of 2019....

The tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum imports are history, removing a key barrier to ratifying the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. However, Democrats...

The Mexican government published an official notice that Mexico has removed its retaliatory duties on U.S. pork. Canada’s Department of Finance announced that Canada...

U.S. Ag groups representing different sectors of the industry were pleased that the Trump Administration reached a deal to remove the Section 232 tariffs...

https://youtu.be/-cK7zZpA6NQ Rusty Halvorson talks with Dave Iverson, a South Dakota soybean grower and member of the United Soybean Board on the topic of aquaculture.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the United States and Japan have agreed on new terms and conditions that eliminate Japan’s longstanding restrictions on U.S....

An agricultural economist from the University of Illinois says the next round of trade aid coming out of Washington, D.C. could impact planting in...

The Advanced Biofuels Association is asking a Washington, D.C., Circuit Court to block the Environmental Protection Agency from exempting any small refiners from their...

The United States has reached a deal to lift the steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on imports from Canada and Mexico. A CNBC report...

https://youtu.be/WiLWeWfcREQ Rusty Halvorson talks with North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer about the status of trade negotiations with China, Canada and Mexico, along with recent developments...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is furthering its overall African Swine Fever (ASF) preparedness efforts with the implementation of a surveillance plan. As...

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) applauded additional measures announced yesterday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to enhance its African swine fever (ASF)...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States and Japan have agreed on new terms and conditions that eliminate Japan’s...

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) president Dennis Slater issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it was delaying the implementation of Section...

USDA is investing up to $25 million per year over the next five years to help support the adoption and evaluation of innovative conservation...

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ Monthly Flash Report showed good news for April tractor sales. The sales of all tractors in April of 2019...

The Chinese Finance Ministry made the expected announcement on Monday that it would respond to the most recent hike in U.S. tariffs on Chinese...

The American Soybean Association says U.S. farmers are frustrated by the lack of progress between the U.S. and China in bringing the trade war...

President Donald Trump further hiked tariff rates on $200 billion on Chinese imports last Friday. Now, the administration is trying to assure farmers and...

The Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development, Joel Baxley, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will make significant investments to improve...

Ag Ministers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the U.S. say global food demand is climbing and food production faces significant hurdles. Those obstacles include...

https://youtu.be/TwlcvNS-W1A Rusty Halvorson talks with Andy LaVigne of the American Seed Trade Association on gene editing.

The Trump administration today indicated it is planning a trade relief package in response to the U.S. trade dispute with China. The following statement...

Today, U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) successfully amended the disaster supplemental bill to increase funding for crucial programs vital to Iowa recovery efforts. The...

The USDA released their Supply and Demand estimates today. November ’19 soybean futures traded lower immediately after the report, but have now started to...

Yesterday, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing examining the state of the farm economy to highlight...

African swine fever played a role in China’s increase in food inflation last month. Pork prices have soared 14 percent on the year and...

U.S. equipment manufacturers are urging the White House to end tariffs that are harming U.S. farmers and businesses. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers says...

Farm credit conditions continue to deteriorate across the Midwest, according to the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. The bank’s Agricultural Credit Survey published Thursday...

Employees within The Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service voted to unionize Thursday afternoon. The vote, 138-4, is part of the employees' efforts to...

The Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency announced this week the March 2019 income over feed cost margin was $8.85 per hundredweight. The level...

Economists from the University of Illinois and Ohio State University say serious planting delays will result in reduced yields this year. Gary Schnitkey of...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will travel to Japan and South Korea next week to participate in the G-20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting. The travel itinerary...

A bipartisan coalition of 35 members of the House of Representatives says the Environmental Protection Agency should stop issuing small refiner exemptions to large...

Updates to the Annual Forage insurance for the 2020 crop year include a dual use option. The Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency says...

South Africa’s agriculture ministry this week confirmed two more outbreaks of African swine fever. In a news release, the South Africa Department of Agriculture,...

Tariff increases announced by the Trump administration on China are a “worst case” scenario for U.S. soybean growers, according to the American Soybean Association....