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Strong demand for strawberries is encouraging California farmers to plant more. Strawberry acreage is up by more than 6% since last year.

President Biden announced last week that the EPA is taking steps to allow for summertime E15 sales. Biden made the announcement during a visit to an ethanol facility in Iowa.

In response to port congestion, the Senate passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, making it more difficult for ocean carriers to refuse to load American goods ready to get shipped from U.S. ports.

A USDA Ag Research Service study finds on Western U.S. rangelands, calving in late winter instead of spring maximizes calf growth.

A coalition of ag groups seeks Senate consideration of shipping reforms. Specifically, they hope the Senate considers the House-passed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, or similar legislation.

Growth Energy released an outline of its top 2022 federal priorities for the U.S. biofuel industry.

The new year will see inflation rates that will continue to impact the food industry and cause prices to rise at grocery stores across the country.

**Grocery store food prices will increase between 2.5% and 3% this year but then increase just 1.5% to 2.5% in 2022. But, according to the USDA’s December Food Price Outlook Report, restaurant prices are increasing at a faster clip than food purchased for home consumption. w...

Grocery prices are climbing at their fastest pace since 2008, with beef, pork, and poultry leading the way, up nearly 13% over last year.

The USDA is investing $272-million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure for 270,000 people in rural communities in 37 states and Puerto Rico.