Starting in late August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact farmers to get an update on yield prospects for corn and soybeans. The following … Read More

Food insecurity is on the rise amid the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a disturbing trend that could expose economically challenged people and families to risk factors associated with … Read More

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will continue to allow immigrant farm workers to extend H-2A work visas when they are hired into new jobs, in a bid to protect … Read More

From an uncertain and seemingly always changing trade war with China, to bargain basement crop prices, to the coronavirus, what the agriculture industry thought would have to be an improvement … Read More

At least 4,800 chicks shipped to Maine farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived dead in the recent weeks since rapid cuts hit the federal mail carrier’s operations, U.S. … Read More

As a reminder, USDA has extended the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) until September 11, 2020. For more details, visit our COVID-19 page.

Up to 300 Pizza Hut restaurants will be closed, most of them dine-in locations not well suited for carryout and delivery at a time when millions of people are sheltering … Read More

Heartland Community College leaders are seeking $22.4 million in state funds to help pay for an agriculture complex, part of an updated facilities master plan aimed at accommodating future growth. … Read More

In keeping up with the recent innovations of the foodservice industry, you may be familiar with the latest trend: ghost kitchens. These facilities came into the scene long before COVID-19, … Read More

Yesterday would have been Agriculture Day at the Illinois State Fair and Brownfield caught up with a couple of the state’s ag leaders to commemorate the event. (Brownfield)