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Robert Bonnie, who’s overseeing USDA’s work in ramping up climate-smart agriculture as undersecretary for farm production and conservation, is making the case that technology will be critical to ensuring farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining global food supplies.

August is here, which means it’s usually fairly quiet in the nation’s capital.

President Joe Biden’s choice to be the next chief agricultural trade negotiator spent much of his nomination hearing arguing that he and the U.S. trade representative will be able to increase foreign market access for U.S. farm goods without negotiating new free trade agreements, but Republican senators weren't buying it.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stunned Capitol Hill - and provided a big boost for farm bill programs - by cutting a major climate funding deal with Sen. Joe Manchin.

The success or failure of the Istanbul agreement to allow Ukrainian grain exports from Odesa ports is in Russia's hands, and the stakes are high as food insecurity continues to rise in the neediest parts of the world, Biden administration officials and lawmakers said at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers, which represents John Deere and other ag equipment firms, is throwing its support behind an effort to pour federal money into rebuilding the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Stevedores at Odesa ports are loading ocean-going vessels with grain as Ukraine prepares to ramp up exports well beyond the comparatively meager amounts it’s been able to ship since Russia invaded five months ago.

U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Ryan LeGrand is optimistic about most markets but frustrated over decrees from Mexico and trade decisions in Colombia.

Ukrainian ports in Odesa will begin exporting grain despite the recent Russian missile attack that threatened to skuttle a deal to allow trade to resume, according to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Odesa, Ukraine, port officials are making preparations to resume grain exports despite uncertainty over the survival of a deal struck Friday with Turkey, Russia and the United Nations to allow a resumption of trade, according to the firm UkrAgroConsult.