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An estimated 15,000 bridges nationwide will receive $27 billion in funding to help improve, replace, preserve, and build highway bridges, the Department of Transportation announced Friday.

The Department of Agriculture is making available $225 million for public-private partnerships aimed at conservation projects, with an eye on climate change mitigation, supporting urban agriculture and helping historically underserved producers.

Fertilizer prices have risen quickly and the National Corn Growers Association is warning that new tariffs on imports could make the situation even worse for farmers.

A flurry of Department of Agriculture reports Wednesday showed bin-busting production of corn, sorghum, soybeans and cotton took place in 2021, largely matching what traders were expecting to see.

New developments in the long-running battle over livestock markets may force the American Farm Bureau Federation to rethink its support for a bipartisan bill to bring transparency to those markets.

The Biden administration is moving toward providing a new round of payments to farmers who have crop insurance and plant cover crops this year, extending a temporary program created last year. A new policy endorsement designed to encourage reduced nitrogen usage also is coming on the market in 2022.

The American Farm Bureau Federation may have to backtrack on its support for a livestock market reform bill after a pair of votes by delegates at its annual meeting Tuesday.

What constitutes “critical habitat” for a species federally listed as threatened or endangered? And what exactly does “healthy” mean when it’s used on food packaging?

Three federal appeals court judges are wrestling with the question of whether to vacate the registration of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.

Efforts to raise awareness and to work toward ending the stigma around mental health paid dividends when the COVID-19 pandemic further ratcheted up stress levels. But challenges remain.