Fuel prices began the new year declining after a late-year increase during the holidays. The national average is down 17.3 cents from a month ago and 12.6 cents lower than a year ago.
The USDA’s proposed electronic identification rule for transporting cattle over state lines. The Federal Trade Commission to look into the high prices of eggs and possible price gouging.
Retail egg prices are rising faster than any other items in American supermarkets in 2022, up 30% from January through early December compared to the same period last year.
It was a record-setting year for the National Wheat Yield Contest, which announced its 2022 winners last week. Avian influenza losses are nearing a record in the U.S. this year.
Cases of Bird flu has be found. Farmers saying they feels the ag economy has stayed the same from the month of August to September and Kenneth Juster was nominated for U.S. ambassador to India.
**The latest numbers from USDA Rural Development show the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, which was originally created in the 2002 farm bill, has awarded nearly $3-billion in grants and loan guarantees since it was reauthorized and given substantial funding in the 2008 farm bill...
**China’s competition authority has approved ChemChina’s proposed acquisition of Syngenta, according to both parties in the deal.
That follows the conditional approval of the U.S. and EU competition authorities last week and Mexico’s approval this week...
**President Trump is proposing to slash the Agriculture Department’s field staff and also make deep reductions in research, rural development and international food aid.
A 62-page budget summary released by the White House is skimpy on details but it calls for a $4...