Drought is putting significant pressure on the U.S. winter wheat crop, with some fields reportedly turned to grazing in the hardest-hit Southern Plains. Traders and state analysts say crop ratings have slipped sharply in several areas, and the USDA's most recent Crop Progress Report shows <strong...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins this week announced an intensified antitrust investigation into the four largest packers — JBS, Cargill, Tyson Foods and National Beef — a move that briefly sent cattle prices lower as traders reassessed near-term risk....

Minnesota and other Corn Belt states entered planting season this spring with many producers waiting for fields to dry, and several regional managers report planting is behind where it was a year ago. Drought and dry winds have been particularly severe across Nebraska and the Plains, and this spr...

About 69% of the U.S. winter wheat production area is currently experiencing drought conditions, according to U.S. Wheat Associates, a development market analysts say is supporting higher futures. Dry conditions remain the principal market driver, U.S. Wheat market analyst Luke Muller wrote in hi...

Heavy spring rains in Southwest Michigan are underscoring the role of conservation practices in handling wetter planting seasons, Michigan State University researchers say. Phil Robertson, director of MSU’s Long-Term Agroecosystem Project, told Brownfield that the region is not seeing less precip...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture will distribute more than $796,000 over the next three years to expand access to fresh, locally grown produce and strengthen the state's specialty crop sector, officials said. An application will be available this week on the IDOA website and must be returne...

The U.S. poultry industry is more than three years into an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) with no clear end in sight, and understanding what fuels transmission has become an operational priority for commercial producers. Erica Spackman, acting research leader at USDA’s Natio...

Brian Glenn, director of government affairs at the American Farm Bureau Federation, urged Congress to act this week as the House prepares a vote on legislation to allow Year-round E15 . The chamber is scheduled to consider H.R. 1346, which would permanently authorize the year-roun...