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Growth in farm real estate values remained strong but showed some signs of easing alongside higher interest rates.

A favorable growing season and government policies that encourage crop rotations will result in a record corn crop in China, according to USDA estimates.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall is pleased with the USDA's decision to extend the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program application deadline.

Support for U.S. blueberry growers being heard to determine whether the domestic blueberry industry is being threatened with seriously injury by the influx of blueberry imports.

**The USDA says the time has come to respond to both the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties and the 2019 Organic Survey. The USDA is asking those who receive questionnaires to respond quickly AND “online if possible.” USDA National Ag Statistics Administrator Hubert Hamer tells thepacker...

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group is getting closer to an agreement,on issues relating to the environment, enforcement, access to medicines and labor.

Aimpoint Research CEO Brett Sciotto says current trends point to 100,000 “production” farmers, a quarter or less of the current number of mid-and-large-size farms.

More and more people are choosing to eat less and less meat due to concerns over the environment, personal health and animal welfare.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opposition to the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline has boosted efforts to persuade banks to stop supporting projects that might harm the environment or tread on indigenous rights. But calling the divest movement a success might be a stretch...

SEATTLE (AP) — State officials, environmental advocates and others are warning of dire environmental and economic consequences if President Donald Trump's cuts to Puget Sound and other environmental programs go through as proposed. The Environmental Protection Agency's funding for Puget Sound — about $28 million last year — would be gutted under Trump's budget blueprint released Thursday... Read M