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Despite all the talk of Crisis in the Crimea, the political upheaval in Ukraine should have little effect on the country’s grain shipments, according to Dan Basse, the president of AgResource, the Chicago-based agricultural research and advisory firm.

Compared to the more popular options available to farmers and ranchers, “whole farm” insurance might be considered the Rodney Dangerfield of the industry. These plans, which aim to protect against low farm income based on historical Internal Revenue Service filings of Form 1040 (Schedule F), haven’

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) Administrator Kevin Shea said the agency on March 11 will begin implementing and testing its new Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) program.

In a move observers say is “no coincidence,” the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) unleashed a major marketing campaign this week to promote their nearly three-year-old voluntary nutrition label on the front of food packaging.

A new report from the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) finds that 1.2 million students stopped purchasing school lunches over the last three school years ? just as USDA implemented its new nutritional standard.

The campaigns to label foods that contain genetically modified ingredients are driven by a movement that relies on emotional sentiments, said Julie Borlaug, the assistant director of partnerships at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, during the 2014 Bayer Ag Issues Forum in

Agriculture’s “data revolution” was a recurring theme during the 2014 Commodity Classic in San Antonio last week.

The U.S. citrus industry may not have time to wait for the availability of a genetically engineered fruit-bearing tree resistant to the growing affliction of “citrus greening,” researchers said last week at the USDA’s annual Outlook Forum in Arlington, Va.

A USDA report offering ?long-run? projections through 2023 says ethanol production will continue to grow over the next several years, but at a reduced rate when compared with that recorded during this century?s first decade. Still, the multi-agency document says producing the alternative fuel will

Michelle Obama?s Let?s Move! initiative turns four this week. And though the program, which aims to combat child obesity, has occasionally been a source of controversy for the Obama administration, two initiatives announced Tuesday indicate she intends to keep moving forward.