The Trump administration said it would allow some companies to delay payment of import tariffs due to economic hardship triggered by the new coronavirus, but the relief was much more … Read More

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced Arizona and Illinois have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act … Read More

USDA has announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Read more on our USDA page.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue rolled out a $19 billion rescue plan Friday for a long list of agriculture sectors that say the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic through supply … Read More

USDA on Sunday announced that it is planning a webinar on Tuesday to outline how interested parties can submit proposals to help the agency purchase and distribute up to $3 … Read More

Last year, the nation’s corn farmers sent more than 5 billion bushels of corn to the ethanol industry. “That’s about 40 percent of our product,” said Jeff Kirwan, an Illinois … Read More

Ken Beck has carefully planned what to plant on the majority of his 1,800 acres this spring, but he also gave himself a little leeway. On 240 acres of his … Read More

A relatively small number of plants process much of the beef and pork in the United States, and some of them have closed because workers are getting sick. (New York … Read More

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, discussed the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on Illinois agriculture with leaders from Illinois agricultural groups. (Illinois AgriNews)

Iowa had its largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases Sunday, driven largely by new positive tests at meatpacking plants. State officials said 261 of the 389 new cases of COVID-19 … Read More