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Discover the latest in U.S. agriculture, from increased winter wheat production to the growing solar energy trend on farmlands!

The USDA released its June Planted Acreage Estimates, that shows corn planted area in 2023 is estimated at 94.1 million acres, up 6% from last year and the highest in the U.S. since 1944.

CFB President Jamie Johansson is calling for increasing the pace and scale of forest management, livestock grazing and protect communities and the environment.

Not much movement in the November Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer with a reading of 102 for the month, unchanged from October. The national average gas price fell 15.8 cents over the last week.

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.

Plantings of most California-grown grain and field crops will be lower this year. A government report issued last Tuesday estimates reduced acreage for nine of the 13 crops listed.

Farmers warnings about threats to pull out of NAFTA and rewrite other trade agreements. Monsanto announced updates on advancements made in its R&D pipeline.

Republican tax plan would deliver “historic relief” for farmers. Canada escalating its trade spat by filing a WTO complaint over American duties against Canada.

U.S. wheat crop facing damages without a protective layer of snow. U.S. Dairy industries at odds with each other. Millennials and their food spending habits.

**Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a long-awaited reorganization of the USDA, creating two new mission areas and elevating the stature of rural development agencies. Perdue has expressed support for the creation of a new under-secretary position for trade at the department, and he made it official Friday, splitting up the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service that houses the Foreign Ag Service,