Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Cooler, and in some cases, wetter weather across the western and northern states slowed down the development of the winter wheat crop slightly this week.   “We had been running quite a bit ...

Sugarbeet planting recently wrapped up across Idaho.  Samantha Parrott, Executive Director of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association said the spring weather was beneficial in a variet...

Last week, central Washington's Dan Newhouse and Virginia Representative Suhas Subramanyam introduced legislation creating an Office of Agritourism at USDA. They say the bipartisan Accelerating the Gr...

The seesaw action of oil prices continues, as West Texas and Brent traded slightly higher in Tuesday morning's action; $62 and $65 per barrel respectively.  Patrick DeHaan with Gasbuddy...

Over the next several weeks, NASS will conduct its June Agricultural Survey.  The agency said they will contact nearly 92,000 producers across the nation to determine crop acreage and stock ...

Officials with the White House, Department of Labor, and USDA recently hosted a roundtable with farmers and ranchers to talk about labor challenges facing agriculture.  North Carolina Farm B...

A JBS meat-processing plant in Arizona has been fined for worker-safety violations after an employee died there last year. Police found a worker unresponsive next to a forklift on November 20th at JBS...

Canada's new agriculture minister Heath MacDonald said in an interview last week that tackling trade issues with China and the United States are his most pressing priorities.  The two-front ...

In 2023, the USDA said 9.3% of U.S. households with an adult aged 65 and older were food insecure at some time, meaning they had difficulty providing enough food for their members due to inadequa...

The United States is clamping down on the import of livestock from Mexico, to stop the New World screwworm from moving across the border.  The New World screwworm is on the radar of U.S. agricult...