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It's been awhile .... since we mentioned WOTUS.  The Trump administration thought it was time for a WOTUS (Waters of the United States)...

Farmers are  laser-focused  on protecting their flocks from the main carriers of bird flu: wild birds.  Betcha didn’t know: Minnesota...

ICYMI, tariffs have taken a front row seat in the news lately. Earlier this week, we covered President Trump’s “ever-evolving” tariffs....

“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” —  But agriculture isn’t dodging DOGE—and the balls being thrown keep compounding. The...

Scientists have uncovered the  genes  that decide how big tomatoes and eggplants will grow. Armed with this new research out of Johns...

A new deal with the Panama Canal could bridge troubled waters in exports.  The rundown:  A Hong Kong conglomerate is  selling its stake...

And the theme of the news this week is once again…  .  New news on tariffs, eh?!   This time, pertaining directly to our neighbors to the...

Pest-resistant corn varieties may have reached their expiration date.  The rundown:  Bt corn, notable for fighting rootworm infestations...

have hit Canada, China, and Mexico with a wave of reciprocal tariffs set to hit all U.S. trading partners on April 2. Rewind:  Trump...

Rollins was rollin’ with her homies (farmers) at Commodity Classic in Denver this week. Relief is on the way, dear! *insert Mrs....

Operation Return to Sender is yielding some unexpected  fan mail from the United Farm Workers.  The  organization , plus five San Joaquin...

A  new proposal  from The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative suggests hefty fees for Chinese cargo ships doing business at American...

The USDA isn’t   around with bird flu any longer. On Thursday, Secretary of Ag Brooke Rollins announced the USDA’s  $1B plan  to combat...

Watch out traditional fertilizers…there’s a new fertilizer on the scene, and it’s made of  . Shattered glass:  Researchers reported in ...

The dairy industry is making  mooves . Last week the Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act received bipartisan support when Senators Kirsten...

The Purge isn’t just a horror movie. It’s also happening IRL. But…in terms of website content, to be clear. If you erase it, it’s like it...

Free-range chicken feed may get supercharged with  biochar  as an antidote for the  Campylobacter  bacteria, thanks to new findings from...

The European Commission could clear a rocky patch for farmers in future policy-making. The rundown:  The ruling body of the EU released a...

“You’re (re)hired!”  What is going on?! ICYMI , the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), aka bird flu, has led to the culling of...

Bayer is throwing its weight behind legislation that would block failure to warn lawsuits that claim Roundup causes cancer.  The...