Policy

AgTech startups just got a major boost. And the new platform is totally rad. The deets :  Radicle  Growth, a company that builds ag and...

Ag is long on work and short on labor, with over half of farmers saying they’ve faced labor shortages. Legislative needs and downstream...

Africa:  "We (want) the meats." Beef, specifically. And the U.S. could be poised to provide. There are several  factors  at play here....

Farmers in the Netherlands aren’t happy. But some believe that producer unrest could end up extending farther than the sling radius of a...

There’s an avocado  avo-lanche  in Australia—a surplus of the produce, measuring  22  avocados per citizen. How did they get so buried?...

Farmland is a hot commodity… in an industry of  literal  commodities. But lately, there’s less of it to buy, and everyone and their...

The EPA just got served. Objection, Your Honor:  Last Wednesday, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD)  sued  the EPA, challenging...

Increased nitrogen fertilizer tariffs are out, and U.S. agriculture groups are celebrating. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)...

There’s a  pipeline predicament  in Iowa, and people aren’t happy about three proposed liquid carbon pipelines that would span more than...

La Niña is here to stay. Like a guest that has overstayed their welcome, this (theoretically) annual meteorological pattern just can’t...

After four years—which seemingly went by at warp speed—it’s  that time  again. Stakeholders are spooling up for the 2018 Farm Bill’s...

Oh, would you be my neighbor? President Biden  met  with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador this week to shore up their...

The Senate and Instant Pots have something in common: pressure. (#NotAnAd) Help me tie this together:  Last year, the House passed the...

Micropep has a little extra  pep in its step  after closing an $8.9M extension of a  Series A  financing round led by Fall Line Capital. ...

China has invaded North Dakota. (At least that’s how some folks see it.) Foreign investment : Fufeng Group, a Chinese conglomerate that...

Shipping getting sticky:  Trouble is a-brewin’ from Long Beach to Seattle. But it’s not an earthquake or a tsunami—it’s labor...

Some potentially favorable news for U.S. fertilizer producers came this week, when the Department of Commerce ruled that imported urea...

The "do not buy " list just got a little longer. Language approved by the House Appropriations Committee intends to stop a group of...

Rice balance sheets are on the brink, according to Texas A&M’s Agriculture and Food Policy Center. Pressure’s on:  Rice’s infrastructure...

Earlier this week, the Biden administration linked arms with ag groups and sent a clear message to the Supreme Court:  "Prop 12’s gotta...