In this opinion piece Kerry Tucker and Teresa Siles discuss the current environment, where distrust is rampant and pessimism is high, and how agriculture’s ability to positively shape the future for multiple generations could be the bright light many are seeking.

Dave Milligan, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, discusses the importance glyphosate is to farmers and their operation.

Marshall Matz recaps last week’s African Green Revolution Forum and how Africa can help build a resilient and sustainable food system.

As former administrators of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), we have firsthand knowledge of how destructive animal and plant pests and diseases can be. Disease and pest introductions are a threat to food availability and can cost billions of dollars to control and eradicate.

Paul Temple, farmer from Yorkshire, United Kingdom, discusses the importance of a science-based UK trade deal with the United States.

Jess Fanzo, associate professor of global food and agriculture policy and ethics at Johns Hopkins University, and Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition team up in this article to share more information on the Food Systems Dashboard, a new easy-to-navigate online tool designed to help decision makers and other users in the US and around the world understand their food systems.

In this opinion piece, National Pork Producers Council President Howard Roth discusses the importance of gene editing and how USDA and FDA need to support this technology and figure out how it is going to be regulated.

Dr. Doug Kratt with the American Veterinary Medical Association, discusses why we must recognize that zoonotic diseases, or diseases transmitted from animals to humans, remain a constant threat to animal health, public health, and the nation’s food supply.

In this opinion piece, Lisa Safarian, president of Crop Science North America at Bayer, discusses the importance rural broadband has on the agriculture industry and why it needs more attention from Congress.

In this opinion piece, Bob Young discusses the actions taken by The Mosaic Company in asking the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission to investigate imports of phosphate from Morocco and Russia and how corporate interests could have a negative impact on farmers.