drought conditions

After reaching recent highs in 2021 and 22, the average net cash income of U.S. farm businesses is expected to decline by 18% in 2023 compared with 2022.

The World Meteorological Assoc. says the La Nina weather pattern will last through the end of 2022. The U.S. Cattlemen’s Assoc. is holding its 15th Annual Meeting and Cattle Producer’s Forum in Nashville, Dec. 8-10.

A California company intends to build the first ethanol plant in America powered by sugar cane. The latest Drought Monitor shows much of the U.S. is dealing with dry conditions.

Ag groups are reacting to the EPA’s proposed rule to replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, and they’re not happy saying it would re-establish the pre-2015 WOTUS rule.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA is making funding available to bring a significant expansion of access to high-speed internet, health care, and educational services for millions of Americans.

The USDA reports a French law banning produce stickers that aren’t compostable are a threat to millions in U.S. produce exports.

A program that began under the Trump Administration is now open again for farmers with the second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP2, that began last Monday, April 5th.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture sent a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to support the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program.

The drought conditions in the Midwest, pushing cattlemen to begin culling herds. Kansas counties are authorized the use of Conservation Reserve Program acres.