ag industry

USDA's National Ag Statistics Service released the Cattle report showing a 2% decline in U.S. cattle inventory.

**During its annual meeting of the delegates last month, the American Farm Bureau Federation ratified its 2022 AFBF Policy Book, which dictates the legislative direction Farm Bureau takes as an organization on the federal level. The grassroots policy process is especially significant this year as 2023 farm bill discussions ramp up...

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U.S. potato exports found an upswing during the 2019-20 first quarter. This continues the growth seen at the end of the last marketing year, despite of trade issues in Asia.

WinField United's InterLock Adjuvant has been named the "2019 Product of the Year" and Corteva Agriscience's Enlist E3 Soybean Trait as the "2019 NEW Product of the Year."

Bankers are more optimistic as they’re not seeing as much bankruptcy and foreclosure, but that doesn’t mean farmers are staying in business.

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics using 2017 numbers that show the weekly median salary for men was $963, while women earned just over $1,100 per week.

Additional 25% tariff is applicable to any pork we produce in the U.S. and export to China. Farm families facing the worst ag economy in 16 years.

**Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt met with farmers, elected officials, and ag industry leaders last week to hear feedback on re-writing the Waters of the U.S. Rule under the Clean Water Act. The controversial rule has been put on hold by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals while strong opposition from farm organizations, home builders and others who consider it to be an ove

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told the National Farmers Union convention she’s renaming the Waters of the U.S. rule the Clean Water Rule and said EPA should have done a better job of rolling out its Clean Water Rule - from calling it WOTUS instead of the Clean Water Rule - to not being more clear about what EPA was and was not proposing - to not talking to farmers and others before EPA put out t