USDA's organic label continues to carry strong consumer trust, but the bar for entering that market has risen. The Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule has expanded oversight across the supply chain and made fraud-prevention measures a core compliance obligation. New and transitioning growers m...

Widespread soaking rains over the past week brought relief to parts of Texas and the Deep South but left large areas still stressed by long-running dryness. The precipitation reduced drought extent across portions of Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Tennessee Valley, even as Se...

World Pork Expo 2026 returns to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines and runs June 3–4 , bringing seminars, panel discussions and the industry's largest pork trade show together in one venue. The National Pork Producers Council frames the programming to give p...

The Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Winter Wheat Tour will cross Kansas May 12–14 as the crop faces widespread moisture stress and an early-May freeze in the western third of the state. Participants will drive set routes to evaluate crop condition and measure potential yields across historic wheat a...

Confirmed pseudorabies detections in two small U.S. swine herds have prompted precautionary import limits from Mexico, but officials emphasize commercial pork remains safe for consumers. Pork muscle cuts unaffected by Mexico’s current restrictions, the U.S. Meat Export Federation...

The U.S. House passed the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 on April 30, moving the $390 billion measure to the Senate after a 224-200 vote in the House. $390 billion and 224-200 vote capture the scale and margin of the action, but the Senate has not y...