Daniel Enoch

The U.S. soybean crop will total a record 3.8 billion bushels, up 4.5 percent from the month-ago estimate, USDA said today in a monthly report. The department cited an increase in expected harvested acreage, as indicated in a June 30 acreage report. The previous crop came in at 3.289 billion bushel

A coalition of leading business, manufacturing, and agriculture groups -- including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Partnership for a New American Economy and the Business Roundtable -- – held a “national day of action” Wednesday to pressure Congress and the O

Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst said EPA chief Gina McCarthy has “poisoned the well” as far as her visit to the state on Thursday is concerned by calling opponents of the agency’s proposed “Waters of the U.S.” rule “silly” and “ludicrous.”

The Senate today voted by voice vote to approve Darci Vetter as chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office.

There may be lots of talk on Capitol Hill this week, but not necessarily legislative action, on a highway trust fund bill.

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) is “deeply disappointed” after hearing President Obama relate that House Speaker John Boehner told him the House will not vote on immigration reform legislation this year.

About 84.8 million acres in the U.S. were planted with soybeans this year, up 11 percent from last year, as growers chased the higher prices offered by the oilseed in relation to corn, USDA said today in a report based on a survey of thousands of farmers in early June.

The U.S. hog and pig inventory totaled 62.1 million as of June 1, down 5 percent from a year earlier and down 1 percent from three months earlier, USDA said today in a quarterly report. The figure is the smallest in more than seven years.

The American Soybean Association (ASA) is calling on U.S. lawmakers and the Obama administration to take a tougher stance with trading partners including China and the European Union on their resistance to U.S. biotech exports.

USDA on Monday announced the implementation of policy changes and measures authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill designed to help new farmers and ranchers get started in an occupation where the average age is 58 and rising.