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House to Vote on Year-Round E15 Sales
The House of Representatives is scheduled this week to vote on legislation that would allow nationwide, year-round sales of E15 gasoline, a move aimed at expanding demand for corn-based ethanol. Year-round E15 vote has drawn bipartisan support in farm states but faces uncertain p...
Producer-led advisory committee advances swine health strategy
A new producer-led advisory group met this month to focus on strengthening health across the U.S. swine herd and to steer the industry's National Swine Health Strategy. The group will provide oversight for the initiative and prioritize actions producers identified as most urgent. 27-membe...
USDA: Soybeans Rally, Wheat Supply Tightens
Soybean futures jumped to two-year highs after the USDA's first look at the 2026-27 U.S. supply and demand balance showed tighter-than-expected soybean stocks and stronger demand. The agency projected U.S. soybean ending stocks for 2026-27 at 310 million bushels , 30 million bushe...
USDA waives HPAI tests for Indiana dairy shipments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued guidance that removes a prior testing requirement for lactating dairy cattle shipped out of Indiana for interstate movement. Under the new direction, lactating cows originating from states designated as Unaffected under the National Milk Testing Strat...
How dairy tech eases labor shortages and boosts ROI
U.S. dairy farms are turning to technology to stretch thin labor and sharpen herd management. Producers cite equipment that reduces hands-on tasks as a key reason to invest, and industry leaders say adoption often begins with tools already in a farmer’s pocket. Robotic milking systems
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Grazing Rule Shift Could Boost Rancher Flexibility
Western cattle and sheep producers may see more flexibility on public lands after a move to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule and propose updates to federal grazing regulations. Grazing rule update has supporters who say it restores BLM’s multiple-use focu... -
Central America, DR Boost U.S. Pork Exports
U.S. pork shipments to Central America and the Dominican Republic strengthened in the first quarter of 2026, driven by rising incomes, tourism and preferential trade access. Shipments rose 15% year‑over‑year to 78,271 metric tons, valued at $246.1 million. 78,271 mt shipped and <... -
Nutrition offers path to layer Salmonella control
At the 2026 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference, University of Georgia poultry scientist Ramesh Selvaraj said nutrition-based, pre-harvest interventions can lower Salmonella loads in layer flocks but cannot eradicate pathogens entirely. He identified Salmonella enteritidis as the princip... -
Conservation vs. Profitability on U.S. Farms
Farmers weighing conservation practices face measurable tradeoffs between soil health, greenhouse gas emissions and per‑acre net returns. Decision tools that score soil health and carbon intensity can quantify changes from adjustments in tillage, rotations and cover crop use, but those environmen... -
Texas Shrimpers Seek More H-2B Visas Amid Shortage
Texas shrimpers at Port Isabel say a persistent labor shortage is putting pressure on the Gulf shrimp fleet and prompting calls for more temporary visas to staff boats and processing operations. The Texas Shrimp Association says the industry needs 100 additional H-2B visas this y... -
ADM and Hill's expand regenerative agriculture
ADM announced a partnership with Hill's Pet Nutrition to accelerate adoption of regenerative agriculture across corn and soybean acres in Illinois and Minnesota and to extend practices into Europe. The collaboration targets a wide swath of row-crop acres tied to the pet food ingredient supply cha... -
Taiwan Says U.S. Citrus Won't Hurt Local Growers
Taiwan's government is pushing back against concerns that lower tariffs on U.S. mandarins will damage its local citrus industry. Officials say a new trade agreement that reduces duties on American mandarins is unlikely to disrupt domestic markets because U.S. shipments are small relative to local... -
Trump delays move to lower beef import tariffs
The administration has delayed executive orders that would have lowered tariffs on imported beef, according to reporting in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. The measures were intended to expand imports and ease consumer beef prices as part of broader efforts to address food-cost concerns. <... -
Illinois farmland values show 2026 volatility
Illinois farmland sales in 2026 remain unpredictable as weak on-farm returns and rising costs push buyers and sellers into a cautious stance. University of Illinois farmdoc corn and soybean budgets are showing losses for crop enterprises, placing pressure on operator balance sheets. Negat... -
Schiff backs Prop 12, sets 2026 farm bill priorities
U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released an outline of his priorities for the 2026 Farm Bill, explicitly opposing language he says would preempt California’s Proposition 12. Schiff on Senate Ag Committee he noted, is the first California senator on the Agriculture Committee in m... -
Pseudorabies returns: What U.S. hog producers need to know
Biosecurity is back at the top of the checklist for U.S. hog producers after routine testing detected antibodies to pseudorabies virus in a small Iowa commercial swine herd in late April. Antibodies found in Iowa was the trigger for an APHIS trace that identified the source of fi... -
Lawmakers Push for Export Guarantees Ahead of Beijing Summit
President Donald Trump is preparing for a summit in Beijing that U.S. farm groups and lawmakers expect will put agriculture at the center of talks. Delegations already in China have been pressing for concrete purchase commitments on U.S. commodities as negotiators discuss a possible extension of ...
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