NCGA Releases New Report Warning of Pivotal Moment for U.S. Agriculture

As the United States prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the National Corn Growers Association today released a sweeping new report illustrating how far American agriculture has come—and ho...

Baling Out Farmers from the Sawfly Menace

ARS researchers discovered a new biocontrol technique to reduce one of the biggest pests to wheat growers. Wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus) costs wheat growers an estimated $350 million annually. Du...

USDA Issues Final Emergency Livestock Relief Program Payments for 2023 and 2024 Drought, Flood and Wildfire Losses

On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has issued final Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP)...

USDA Announces Farmer and Rancher Freedom Framework to End Agricultural Lawfare

On Thursday, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the launch of the Farmer and Rancher Freedom Framework (PDF, 11.4 MB), a bold initiative to protect America’s agricultural heritage an...

$6 Calves, Drought, and the Smallest Herd in 70 Years

February 11, 2029 - Video Podcast: Cattle prices are sky-high, inventories are at historic lows, and drought is creeping back into the conversation across the West. So where does the cattle cycle go f...

Trump Announces Plan to Boost Imports of Beef Trimmings from Argentina

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the United States will lower tariff barriers to allow 80,000 metric tons (mt) of beef trimmings to be imported from Argentina. In a proclamation dubbed "Ensu...

House Committee Investigates FFA Over Syngenta Partnership Tied to Chinese Ownership

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee's oversight subcommittee launched an investigation into what three federal lawmakers say is the National Future Farmers of America Organization's alleged ties t...

National Environmental Stewardship Award Presented to Nebraska Ranch

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has announced that Wine Glass Ranch in Imperial, Nebraska, is the 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) National winner. The award, which...

Hurd Secures $1M Appropriation to Rebuild Potato Research Station Storage

In 2018, the San Luis Valley Research Center, located in Center, Colorado, experienced high winds, ending in severe damage to a potato storage unit. This week staff learned that nearly a decade later,...

Koontz's Market Outlook: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

In terms of trade, he said the U.S. is currently importing beef for ground and exporting very little because the price is currently so high. The trade insulation, he said, is good news and indicates a...