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Today’s USDA Crop Production report issued by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) said corn production, forecast at 10.7 billion bushels, is the lowest production in the United States since 2006. This forecast is raised 19 million bushels from October estimates.

Leaders of a divided Congress made their stances while calling for compromise on the impending “fiscal cliff” today.

The head of the nation's largest wind energy trade organization said Wednesday that the previous day's election results bode well for Congress extending the soon-to-expire production tax credit (PTC) the industry says could cost tens of thousands of jobs.

The retail cost of menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings increased less than 1 percent this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

More than 500 poultry trade associations and businesses asked Congress to “move quickly” in the days ahead to approve legislation enacting Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia.

A new coalition, focused on the right to know whether or not foods are genetically engineered, today denounced the millions of dollars poured into anti-Prop 37 efforts by major corporations

House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., today urged House Republican Leaders to bring the Agriculture Committee’s five-year farm bill to the floor for a vote in the lame duck session, opposing any extension of the bill.

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National agriculture organizations congratulated the President on his reelection today in a series of statements released this morning

According to a survey released today by Agri-Pulse, 78 percent of large farm owners polled are voting for Mitt Romney in the presidential election and blame Democrats for the failure to pass a new farm bill.