Policy

A few months ago, Trump nominated Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA. While many of us may have had to Google who she was, the Senate Ag...

JBS is making it rain  again … in another antitrust settlement.  How did we get here?  In 2019, a lawsuit was filed by R-CALF, the...

Panama hats required, so grab yours before reading on. It better be on. Rocking the boat:  Okay, so… the  Panama Canal is another item on...

California just expanded its agricultural dictionary to include…"regenerative agriculture."  The rundown: The California State Board of...

If you work in crop production, you know that last year wasn’t easy. Tighter margins impacted growers across the nation, and the downturn...

We hate to beak it to you, but there’s another strain of bird flu in the U.S. impacting the poultry industry. New strain takes flight: ...

A new Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey published by the University of Illinois aimed to understand how government payments to...

With Trump back in office, some folks in agriculture are asking, "Who will do the crop work?"  Zoom out: President Trump has pledged to...

Annnd the Trump talk continues… ICYMI: After President Donald Trump solidified his re-election, he announced plans to sign an executive...

The Biden Administration hasn’t been horsin’ around during its last few days in office. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection...

Companies finally learned how they can collect clean fuel tax credits after the government released short-term guidance last Friday. The...

JBS USA Food Co. is settling for a sum of $4M payable to individuals and communities impacted by child labor practices in the U.S. On...

Toxic love is a new pest control method , which could cut back outbreaks of insect-borne disease and halt agricultural pests. Toxic men: ...

Farmland values are (mostly) goin’ up in the new year.  That’s right: despite lower farm net income, commodity markets trending down,...

Many drones in the U.S. could get their wings clipped after a proposed ban on Chinese-made drones. The U.S. Department of Commerce is...

The 2024 season comes to an end. And an extension of the 2018 farm bill came in late December—not a moment too soon—as everyone waited...

Across the pond, Europe is still trying to figure out how—and how much— to tax farmers. Climate targets will be missed if the ag sector...

The USDA updated its farm income forecasts again earlier this month… and it’s not looking rosy yet. Farm bucks dip: Net farm income for...

ICYMI, it was a tumultuous year for labor in agriculture. Let’s start at the very beginning… with a 65% increase in demand for H-2A...

The results are in… And the total sales of U.S. aquaculture products was up  26%  from 2018 to 2023, according to the 2023 Census of...