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U.S. ag exports are reaching new highs and simultaneously getting the side-eye as Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack contemplates the contentious...

The USDA pulled out the hats and noisemakers on Wednesday and threw a big surprise party with the release of the annual acreage report....

Goin’ once, goin’ twice.  Sold to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This week, Farmland Reserve, a company with ties to...

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the… whole U.S.? Hot drought conditions have been dominating row crop headlines. But specialty...

With the 4th of July less than a week away, it’s the perfect time to do a status check on an American BBQ staple:  pork . Not so...

Western states are feeling the heat as drought concerns hit all-time highs. California  posted  its driest ever 12-month period, while...

A huge decrease in the bee population over the past year has agriculture  feeling the sting. From April 2020 to April 2021 the honey bee...

When they aren’t busy changing the face of biological crop protection, Eric Ward and Scott Uknes could be up to a whole list of...

Several U.S. oil refiners have racked up a whopping $1.6 billion deficit in biofuel credits. And much to the chagrin of ethanol...

Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor and the U.S.’s largest hog producer, has been feeling ‘ when it rains, it pours ’...

Some  grape  news for producers battling labor shortages in wine country:  robots . UC Davis’ new guidelines for robotic pruning, canopy...

The dairy industry seems to be sitting at something of a crossroads. And the proof is in the puddi.... er, yogurt. Let’s talk supply:...

Michigan Potash and Salt Co. (MPSC) in Evart, Michigan will harvest Borgen Bed (rock)  1.5 miles  below the surface for the purest potash...

When states began legalizing the cultivation of hemp in 2018, many farmers were optimistic. The versatile crop was making waves as the...

A trade squabble between the U.S. and the EU years in the making is finally coming to a close —  and U.S. agriculture is stoked....

Nanobubbles are about to blow you away. In 2016, the California startup Moleaer used nanobubbles to improve aeration for wastewater...

Tom Vilsack is making his voice heard loud and clear: No ag sector left behind. The USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative is...

Water debates in agriculture have been on a wild ride. And a new memo just out of the EPA is signaling more of the same. During the Trump...

Ever consider playing poker blindfolded? That’s essentially how trading agricultural goods with China works. The country of over 1.3...

Tennis shoes. Track suits. Textile fiber made from wood and agricultural waste…  “ One of these things is not like the others. ” And yet...