Ag bankers and federal regulators should conduct stress tests to assess the financial risks of climate change, which poses a major threat to U.S. agriculture, says a new report released by a Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner.

Michael R. McLeod, who retired from agricultural lobbying to write books and operate a rustic cabin resort in the Appalachian Mountains, died earlier this week.

A House spending bill for the Agriculture Department would provide another $1.1 billion for rural broadband in fiscal 2021, a $435-million increase more than Congress provided for this year.

The Trump administration’s new rule narrowing the reach of the Clean Water Act takes effect today.

Christa Lachenmayr has been appointed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s liaison to the Department of Agriculture and Swen Neufeldt has been named group vice president and president of Hormel Foods International Corp.

Christa Lachenmayr, a senior agricultural economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has been appointed the Commission’s liaison to the Department of Agriculture.

J.B. Penn has retired from John Deere after five decades in agriculture, including time at USDA. Brian Quintenz won't seek renomination to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

A divided Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposes new position limits for market speculators along with expanded exemptions that would benefit grain processors and other companies that hedge their risks in agricultural commodities.