Steve Davies

The Trump administration is reviving a Biden-era program to expand fertilizer production in an attempt to address persistently high input costs.

An attempt by United Farm Workers to block lower wage rates for farm laborers has been rejected by a federal judge.

The Agriculture Department is pressing ahead with its plan to reorganize agencies and relocate employees despite concerns about the loss of experienced personnel in a department that has already lost more than 15% of its workforce and questions about how well the restructured department will work.

The public needs to have access to patented “biological material” in order to ensure innovation and competition in the seed industry, the Justice Department says in a statement of interest filed in a case pitting Corteva Agriscience against Inari Agriculture.

The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April, driven in part by an increase in grocery prices, which jumped 0.7% last month after remaining steady in March. Beef prices were up 2.7% and fruits and vegetables jumped 1.8%.

The Justice Department and Agri Stats have agreed to a settlement to resolve claims that the company illegally shared information on price, output and costs with competing meat processors.

Food retailers will have to offer more varieties of staple foods in four categories – protein, grains, dairy, and fruits and vegetables – in order to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, under a new rule made public today.

Nearly two-thirds of farmers surveyed in mid-April said the war with Iran would negatively affect their income, according to the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

Ducks Unlimited is partnering with Regenified to verify regenerative agriculture practices on farms and ranches across North America.

Corteva has renamed its new seed and genetics company as the company moves to split into two separate businesses.