A South Carolina lawmaker is introducing a bill to restore Black-owned farms and invest in African Americans interested in farming. (WCSC)

An agricultural company in Washington state where two workers died from COVID-19 was fined more than $2 million for repeatedly violating coronavirus virus safety procedures. (USA Today)

Democrats have struggled to win voters in rural America, and critics say the return of Tom Vilsack, a former agriculture secretary, won’t help. (New York Times)  

In a move celebrated by the hog industry, the Trump administration proposed on Monday to put the USDA in charge of regulating genetically engineered livestock and poultry, a duty now … Read More

It took months of on-again, off-again negotiations, but Congress finally reached an agreement on a second round of coronavirus relief programs for struggling businesses, farmers, hungry families, unemployed workers and … Read More

Twin-Cities residents were able to browse fresh produce brought to them by local suppliers Saturday, at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market. (WMBD

Congressional leaders agreed Sunday, December 20, 2020 on a $900 billion bipartisan pandemic relief bill bundled with a $1.4 trillion omnibus government spending package. The legislation contains several provisions designed … Read More

Twenty-eight Illinois county Farm Bureaus, including Hancock, have been awarded grants under the Illinois Farm Bureau’s nutrient stewardship grant program. (Herald-Whig)

2020 was a memorable year for U.S. agriculture, marked by the pandemic, increased federal aid and more exports to China, according to the chief economist of the American Farm Bureau … Read More

– President-elect Joe Biden’s newly announced nominee for Energy Secretary is former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Granholm said she has not yet been briefed about the massive cyberattack that has … Read More