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The Trump administration is discussing some type of “bridge” financial assistance to help farmers make it into 2026, says Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden.

Justin Sherlock and other farmers in North Dakota are just a month away from combining their soybean crop, and their biggest market, China, has yet to order a single bushel. As a result, local cash bids in Sherlock’s area was down to $9.09 a bushel on Tuesday, $1.40 below the CME Group’s November futures price. That spread, or basis, would normally be about 70 to 90 cents a bushel, 

Staff shortages at FSA offices are alarming members of the farmer-elected committees that oversee county office operations across the country, who warn that increased responsibilities could lead to delays in program payments for farmers.

As weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy become more accessible, U.S. food industries are scrambling to understand how the drugs could reshape consumer demand.

The office of the U.S. Trade Representative is scrutinizing Brazilian tariffs on imports of U.S. ethanol as part of a Section 301 investigation over the country’s trade practices.

DOI wants public input on its draft list of critical minerals, including potash, that are considered most important to the U.S. economy and national security. 

Yara and BASF are ending their joint project to build a blue ammonia production plant on the U.S Gulf coast. 

The number of cattle in feedlots is down this year, but it's still enough to suggest that producers are selling off heifers rather than keeping them to rebuild herds, two economists say.

Elissa McLerran Gilliam has departed from the American Frozen Foods Institute to join the National Sorghum Producers. The Institute of Food Technologists hired Eric Ellis as chief financial officer. The American Coalition for Ethanol elected members to its board of directors.  

Wendell Calhoun was named senior communications manager for Syngenta North America Crop Protection. Matthew Vann was named associate dean and director of University of Illinois Extension. Longtime soy policy advocate and Delaware state Farm Service Agency executive director Richard Wilkins hasdied. The Renewable Fuels Association hired Ashley Viglione as a government affairs associate. 

Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian official responsible for overseeing trade with the U.S., is coming to Washington today to meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.