The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to reassure meat producers it will keep slaughterhouses staffed with federal inspectors as fears about potential shutdowns due to the new coronavirus hammer … Read More

The question on dairy farmers’ minds these days is not whether anyone’s got milk. It’s how to sell it. Since 1975, milk consumption per capita has dipped roughly 40 percent, … Read More

USDA is launching a team of staff to assist beginning farmers and ranchers, who account for a quarter of all agricultural producers but often face major obstacles when booting up … Read More

China is paving the way for an eventual reopening of its market to U.S. dried distillers grains by announcing a list of U.S. companies that are eligible to export the … Read More

Buying patterns for food and household items shifted dramatically since the second week of March, when states around the nation implemented isolation and social distancing measures in response to the … Read More

Communities across the country are attempting to delay the spread of the novel coronavirus by canceling large events, closing schools, and banning large gatherings. But farmers who sell directly to … Read More