Policy

All the Biden administration wants for Christmas is the Monarch butterfly to be listed as " threatened " under the Endangered Species Act...

Heyyyy,  what is up , my guy. Maybe not the ag economy in 2025, according to CoBank. Ag’s crystal ball:  CoBank recently released a ...

A  new report  from The Directions Group highlighted glyphosate's role in farm bill programs and the implications if farmers lost access...

This. Just. In.  Kroger will not acquire Albertsons in what would have been the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.  ICYMI:...

The T-word has almost become a swear word recently. That’s right:  tariffs .  Tariff tsunami:  On day one of re-entering the Oval Office,...

Brazil and China are taking their relationship to the  next level . Last week, the two countries signed  37 deals  on everything from...

British farmers are in  protest  mode over a government decision to cut out a 1990s era tax break that excludes ag property from...

In a race against the clock, the Senate Agriculture Committee released its  1,400-page  draft of the five-year farm bill on Monday. ...

Big money, big money.  The USDA is providing a big check—to the tune of $7.7B—for conservation assistance to farmers. It’s the most the...

Ahead of the presidential election, economists and lawmakers are hoping their crystal balls  spreadsheets  will help them figure out how...

Feeling blue about the ag economy? You’re not alone.  Reaping frustration:  Farmer sentiment is in the gutters. So much so that outlooks...

New bill on the hill : A bill  was introduced in the House and Senate on September 25 that would use existing conservation funds to...

ICYMI:  The 2018 Farm Bill  expired  on Monday night, September 30. And this was  after  it had already been  extended  by one year.  Is...

A new carbon pipeline project is  pumping  up feelings among agriculturists and lawmakers. Digging up dirt:  In 2023, the  Heartland...

Parents pass on a lot of things to their offspring. You can thank Mom and Dad for how you look  (or not) . They can also be to blame for...

More groups are dog-piling on layers of litigation against the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule on the H-2A program.  I CYMI:...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a Chinese drone. Flying under the radar:  Members of Congress are  concerned about Chinese-manufactured...

Wyoming, we have a problem.  Anthrax : A bacterial disease caused by  Bacillus anthracis,  which is a naturally occurring organism found...

Polling the pastures:  Immigration, women’s rights, and inflation were topics during the presidential debate this week. Even talk about...

"Hold up, wait a minute, let me put some GM in it." — wheat researchers, probably Wheat farmers  knead  this:  The  USDA announced the...