News Articles

RSS

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the creation of a new investment fund designed to help propel the growth of small businesses across rural America. Advantage Capital Partners, which will manage the fund, and their partners from eight Farm Credit institutions have pledged to invest

U.S. wheat farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to find rail transport for their crop, a squeeze brought on by increased competition from oil and coal shipments, a bumper grain crop, an improved economy that is jacking up the amount of consumer goods being shipped, and a freakish run of ex

Less than 30 days after President Obama’s ink started to dry after signing the 2014 Agricultural Act, farm organizations and land grant universities are already rolling out some key decision making tools to help farmers and landowners understand their new options. And there are plenty.

Now that USDA officials are promising that new livestock disaster aid will be among the first new farm bill programs out of the shoot, ranchers are rushing to decode the language laying out the programs in the new Farm Bill to see how it differs from the aid available in the 2008.

Despite some recent rain in California, farmers continue to suffer through a historic drought there and in nearby states as the Obama administration and lawmakers work to provide assistance.

With concerns about “big data” percolating across the countryside, a group of agribusinesses announced a plan to develop technical standards for formatting and sharing data collected through precision farming.

USDA researchers are testing larger breeds of “livestock protection dogs” to help farmers and ranchers in Western states cope with the rising number of wolves and other large predators.

Russia has lifted its blanket ban on U.S. pork, and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has approved two Smithfield plants to export the meat to the country. According to an FSIS update last week, U.S. pork suppliers must meet the requirements of USDA’s Never Fed Beta Agonist Program a

While noting that the ability to work “across the aisle” is increasingly difficult, especially in a divided, extremely partisan Congress, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson couldn’t help but tout his organization’s role in pushing for final passage of a new farm.

The Animal Health Institute (AHI) and the Generic Animal Drug Alliance (GADA), the major representatives of the animal health industry, officially committed this week to FDA’s newest voluntary guidelines on antibiotics use.