On Dan Erickson’s 2,300-acre farm in northern Knox County where 18,000 pigs are sent to market each year, the fifth-generation farmer is faced with the biggest crisis of his career. … Read More

The economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, which has now left at least 20 million Americans unemployed, has pushed the nation’s network of food banks to the brink. Food pantries … Read More

A month ago, America’s pork farmers were in crisis. About 40 percent of the country’s pork plants were shut down because they had become hot spots of coronavirus infection. Pork … Read More

USDA has announced a series of webinars for producers to learn more about the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. For more information, visit our COVID-19 page.

Increasing global access to protein – specifically dairy protein – is important for growing children. That message, and specifically how dairy benefits the growth process of children, is detailed in … Read More

The farm-to-table movement in the United States has grown in recent years, as consumers have increasingly demanded locally sourced food. But in the past several weeks, the movement has grown … Read More

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an online portal to begin accepting applications for Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program … Read More

The Illinois General Assembly has approved a fiscal year 2021 budget that does include some agriculture related provisions. Kevin Semlow, Director of State Legislation for Illinois Farm Bureau, says legislators … Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision Wednesday vacating the registrations of three dicamba herbicides, XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF) and FeXapan (Corteva). The ruling does … Read More

Commerce Department figures due out this morning are expected to show that U.S. exports and imports plunged in April, the first full month of government-ordered business closures that have led … Read More