Smith: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a new initiative from USDA that focuses on agriculture as a key ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. “Farm Bureau applauds the U.S. Senate for passing the reconciliation ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on final passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. “Farm Bureau applauds the House and Senate for passing legislation that will ...

The Senate passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 1. This Market Intel highlights the significant differences between that bill and the bill advanced in the House of ...

After decades of consistent trade surpluses, U.S. agriculture has been in an agricultural trade deficit since 2022. In fiscal year (FY) 2023, the trade gap reached $16.7 billion and nearly doubles in ...

Conclusion Renewable fuels continue to anchor demand for U.S. corn and soybean producers. For the 2025/2026 marketing year, USDA estimates that ethanol producers will use 5.5 billion bushels of corn, ...

In 2024 the U.S. exported $8.2 billion in dairy products to 114 countries and the European Union, representing close to 5% of total ag exports by value. Despite this broad reach, just 10 markets ...

Boatright: [It is] a program designed specifically to help specialty crop growers deal with their rising input costs and volatile markets. USDA created this program in December 2024 and opened up an ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented on the confirmation of Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary at USDA. “Farm Bureau congratulates Stephen Vaden on his confirmation to be ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation, with support from Farm Credit, is seeking applicants for the Veteran Farmer Award of Excellence. The award recognizes U.S. military veterans or service members for ...

USDA’s second Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report of 2025, released on June 26, contains key metrics for the hog industry including inventory, the number of pigs saved from every litter and the number of ...

Nelson: We've got cash hogs running around $106 per hundredweight. That's a really solid price for this time of year, and one of the things that's doing this is we're finding some demand. So, even ...