Policy

The USDA wants to build a zoonotic disease  radar  to prevent or at least limit the next global pandemic. Quick refresher:  Zoonotic...

You might want to start thinking about what you’ll eat in place of the Thanksgiving staple this year, as shortages of the iconic holiday...

A seawater agtech startup has investors feeling anything but salty. Saudi Arabia-based Red Sea Farms just  scored  $16M in pre-Series A...

Between the drought in the West and a decline in colonies, life hasn’t been the  bee’s knees  for the striped pollinators. The buzz:...

Before we even get started...  don't try this at home. Last week the startup Nitricity  bolted  onto the scene with the close of a $5M...

For the first time in forever…  the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will be  cutting  water supply from the Colorado River. The cuts will...

BJ Brugman dreamed of being a manager of a professional baseball team. While most kids would seek the limelight as a player, BJ knew his...

One trillion dollars has  twelve zeros  and  four commas , and we can’t really wrap our heads around that much money. But it’s how much...

The  bacteriophage might be all the rage  as an alternative bacteria assassin to replace antibiotics in animal agriculture. Polish...

Iowa senators are out to save producers’ bacon…  literally . Republicans Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley are  co-sponsoring  the Exposing...

Imagine crafting a tweet for John Deere. Not the hardy blacksmith we credit as an American entrepreneur, but the behemoth equipment...

A Barcelona-based online flower shop is budding into new growth…  and it’s headed to the flower farmgate. Colvin started in 2017 but saw...

The American Farm Bureau is waving a red flag on a fertilizer fiasco that could drain U.S. farmers’ piggy banks. The culprit?  Potential...

The struggle is real with the current U.S. labor shortage, and agriculture is certainly not excluded. The sector is feeling the squeeze,...

Iron Man might just have become Climate Man. Robert Downey, Jr.'s venture fund was one of several to take part in a $12M Series A round...

The Western U.S. is facing a drought dilemma of biblical proportions: grasshopper plagues. In large swaths of Oregon, Montana, and...

Fact:  soil health fanatics can be the life of the party. Also fact:  soil health fanatics might just be saving the world. Or at least...

Yogurt is having an identity crisis. The FDA set out to clear up the complex that’s been brewing since their last ruling in 1982 and...

Promoting competition is the name of the game for President Biden’s latest executive order signed last Friday. The order tackles...

The meatpacking industry has apparently been listening to “Another One Bites the Dust” on repeat. After Tyson’s CEO changeup last month,...