Policy

We teased it on Tuesday, but bananas truly had a bonkers 2020. Rewind:  Supplies tightened due to late-2020 hurricanes that hit...

Brazil Outbreak backlash.  Brazil-based JBS was  court-ordered  to pay $3.62 million in damages related to inadequate worker protections...

Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a  pair  of bills aimed at providing legal status for millions of undocumented...

It’s official. The Environmental Protection Agency has its new top dog. North Carolina’s Michael Regan got the Senate  nod  last week,...

The North American block party might be a bit awkward this summer as trade pact tiffs continue between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. ...

South American farmers are feeling the weather woes and global effects have many on high alert. The rundown:  In Argentina, Mother...

With a smooth sailin’ confirmation vote last week, Tom Vilsack is back in the saddle as the USDA chief. A big ag agenda ahead of the...

Oystermen are tossing their shellfish overboard... and they're not just shucking around. In a seven-state program coordinated by various...

Rural revitalization is the new name of the game for China. In the first policy  announcement  following the Lunar New Year Holiday,...

Wheat often gets the supporting actor nod in the U.S. grain market theater. But with all the headlines about it this winter, its...

The country’s arctic blast has  blasted  agriculture this week. Things have been bitter and intense -  in both wind chills and business....

With all the hype leading up to Tuesday's  WASDE report , many market advisors summarized the update in one word:  deflating. ...

Producers received a mixed bag of  projections  last week from the USDA. By the numbers, 2021-style: $20.4 billion: The forecasted...

Rewind ten months and you may remember ( or maybe you’ve blocked those memories ) when U.S. meatpackers were drowning in COVID-19 cases....

Last week on India’s Republic Day, tens of thousands of Indian farmers driving tractors entered New Delhi protesting recent changes in...

It’s public knowledge. AppHarvest is officially a member of the NASDAQ family. The ‘APPH’ ticker  soared  44% on opening day, bringing...

Just like our readers in the northern U.S., new rules and regs have been frozen  for the Biden administration to review. This freeze...

The battle at the intersection of ag retail and e-commerce has been heating up. And now it’s boiling over into the courts. In early...

Happy hour came early on Tuesday for Archer Daniels Midland with an epic 4th quarter earnings announcement. The U.S. agrigiant  noted...

Grain bin manufacturers and contractors will be rolling up their sleeves for the foreseeable future. “On-farm storage demand is through...