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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) commercial poultry cases are on the rise as wild birds fly south for the winter. So far, the numbers are not at the crisis levels seen at this time last year, but industry observers and experts say that could change, and producers must remain vigilant. However, USDA efforts could limit HPAI’s spread and effects.

More than 200 national and state agricultural organizations appealed Monday to President Donald Trump for economic assistance, and a top White House official said an aid package would be announced “really, really soon.”

The partial government shutdown that has forced the furlough of half USDA’s workforce, including most of the field staff that directly serves farmers, is dragging into another week and may delay the announcement of an emergency farm aid package.

Top Senate Ag Committee appropriator Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., told reporters Friday that the ongoing government shutdown could force the administration to delay unveiling tariff support to farmers.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that U.S. farmers could see an announcement on a “substantial support” package as soon as Tuesday.

Labor Department is implementing a new methodology for calculating H-2A wage rates that could save employers an estimated $2.5 billion a year. The National Council of Agricultural Employers says the interim final rule will bring ag wages “back to reality.”

Agricultural productivity growth in the U.S. has slowed significantly in the last decade, new analysis finds. Globally, growth has also dipped and now stands well below the rate required to sustainably meet evolving global demand.

President Donald Trump wants to use tariff revenue to bail out farmers harmed by his trade policy,  but experts say he’ll need help from Congress to do that, and GOP lawmakers are working on lifting key restrictions.

U.S. soybean farmers bedeviled by dried up trade flows, higher production costs and lower crop prices could use a robust market for domestic biofuel right about now, according to growers and processors dealing with a teetering farm economy.

The Trump administration is vowing to protect American farmers from "high and volatile" costs of fertilizer, seed, equipment and other key inputs as growers grapple with a difficult agriculture economy.