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The agriculture industry in the U.S. is dealing with a lot of uncertainty.

As the House and Senate return from August recess, one of their most critical tasks is passing the Farm Bill before the end of September.

While all eyes in the agriculture community are on the farm bill, there is a lot of regulatory activity underway. 

It’s hard to believe, but summer is all but gone. We are looking at harvest season.

For many commodities, market prices have been dismal and with years of declining farm income, many older farmers are calling it quits and walking away. 

Wild fires in California and other Western states have burned more than 1,000 square miles of timberland and grassland.

USDA’s Sid Abel and Doug McKalip just briefed me on the new regulatory framework that is shaping up for the oversight of plants modified by what they are now calling “plant breeding innovations.” 

Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator of the Andrew Wheeler recently announced their intent to reassess and correct the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.

Good news – ethanol exports are up 33 percent so far this year.

Their names almost make them sound like the villains in an old John Wayne movie: Palmer Amaranth, Tall Waterhemp, and Giant Ragweed.