With another government funding deadline looming a month from now, Senate Republicans want to advance a fiscal 2020 domestic spending package as soon as this week that would include funding … Read More

Chinese importers have been busy booking fresh purchases of soybeans from Brazil this week, despite the White House announcement that China had agreed to buy up to $50 billion of … Read More

Biofuel groups are imploring the EPA to reconsider its supplemental rule on blending requirements released last week. The rule was aimed at helping corn growers and ethanol producers who have … Read More

It’s now to the point in the season in which farmers should weigh stalk quality concerns versus extended harvest delays as many wait for the crop to dry down in … Read More

A new environmental study shows pig farms generate less manure nutrient content associated with odor. Researchers gathered data from 106,000 samples at 182 North Carolina pig farms. It shows significant … Read More

Simon N. Groot, this year’s winner of the World Food Prize, said he built his company’s success on one philosophy: “Be a true friend of farmers, because the small guys … Read More

The double whammy of the U.S. 25% import tariffs kicking in on Friday and a recent steep drop in global olive oil prices is threatening the subsistence of thousands of … Read More

China needs more pork imports than ever as the country grapples with an outbreak of a swine disease — and that could become a business opportunity for U.S. farmers if … Read More

Most farmers are in a race against time to get crops out of fields before the frost and freeze arrives. “It’s been one of those years,” Warren County farmer Jared … Read More

American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist John Newton reviews soybean exports during the 2018-2019 marketing year. (Farm Bureau)