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Go big or go home:  the mantra of China’s top pig producer. Muyuan Foods is  building  the largest single site hog farm in the world....

In a surprising yet recognizable turn of events, a familiar face will be taking  back  the reins of the USDA in January. Reports confirm...

Target and Chick-fil-A are the two newest faces to join the poultry price fixing saga in the past week. Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride, Perdue...

2020 has been a bit of a yo-yo for the ethanol industry. Just last month, U.S. fuel ethanol production hit a 9-month high, averaging ...

Nearly 500 dairy farmers are up in arms over a legal shakedown with the ghost of Christmas past, Dean Foods. The estate of the former...

Plant-based meat proponents are not feeling the meat case labeling love. In Oklahoma, a judge  declined  to revoke a rule stating...

Only two years into the existing Farm Bill and ag policy circles are getting antsy as they look towards 2023. As the only industry with...

Honduras, Central America’s coffee king, just got walloped. Back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes nailed the country’s coffee hub within...

Nutrien, the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services, isn’t joking around when it comes to the  $215 billion  carbon market....

Like most crops in the commodity family in 2020, cotton could use a breather. Prices are  just now  bouncing back after the ‘pandemic...

Rural broadband, or lack thereof, is getting airwaves again in Washington D.C. Notable gaps of strong broadband signals in rural areas...

For two years, the US pork supply chain has pulled all the levers to halt African Swine Fever from reaching the homeland. Their next ...

The ag world has its eyes on President-Elect Joe Biden. Fifty-seven days ‘til his expected inauguration, the  rumor mill  continues to...

Flashback to Friday:  We noted in  Quick Hits  that a Germany chicken farm was preparing to cull 70,000 birds to contain an outbreak of...

Florida’s avocado growers are in a pickle. The $35 million-a-year crop is under siege from laurel wilt disease, a vascular infection...

Betty Crocker would be proud to learn of 2020’s favorite pandemic pastime. Quarantine cookies, breads, and baked goods have consumed a...

Flashback:  It’s February 2020. You’re at a dine-in restaurant, surrounded by family and friends. The biggest decision you have to make:...

Bio-herbicide startup WeedOUT is off to battle aggravating weeds after  notching a $4.2 million Series A round. Founded in 2016, the...

ADM is in the hot seat. Six more companies  joined the litigation club  alleging that ADM manipulated ethanol markets by depressing...

Last week in 'Quick Hits' , we noted a Canadian telecom company acquiring its way into agtech... Let’s revisit that. The proud parent...