When Brad and Megan Pifer and their two young sons walked up the stairs from their basement after an EF3 tornado tore through their farm, they normally would have opened the door and stepped into their dining room. 

Arrested for approximately 45 thefts totaling over $9 million in loss, three Florida men have been sentenced for stealing semi-loads of frozen beef and pork from packing plants across six Midwest states.Starting in June 2021, the criminal enterprise, based in Miami, Florida, targeted meat-packing...

China is a golden market, however, it is also a potential pothole for U.S. food and ag exports, said 20 farm and agribusiness groups in a letter to presidential aspirants. The letter, delivered ahead of the first debate among Republican contenders, called for diversification of the export markets...

The last decade has seen our hospitals embracing new ways of collecting and using data – the digitization of healthcare. As robots, smart cameras, sensors, and artificial intelligence (AI) become common on the farm, can doctors teach farmers what works and what doesn’t?

An ag economist says drought conditions have caused some shipping delays along the Panama Canal.

Congressman Jimmy Panetta of California has reintroduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives with the aim of increasing the 2032A special-use valuation cap for qualified family farms.

Records are meant to be broken. On August 23, Georgia farmer Alex Harrell did just that, placing his name atop the list of the nation's most prodigious soybean growers.

Scientists have discovered a gene in the DNA of pigs that is needed by a deadly virus to cause infection. Their discovery could lead to the development of pigs resistant to African Swine Fever (ASF). ASF is a swift acting, severe condition that causes widespread illness and death, incurring high...

"Congress will have to extend temporarily the lifespan of the 2018 farm bill because it will miss the September 30 deadline for enacting its successor," said U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson. It was the first direct acknowledgement by two of the “four corners” of farm policy...

From mid-July to mid-August, dairy markets rallied, feed markets have gone down, and people are feeling a little better about things in the dairy industry, according to Ben Buckner, Dairy and Grains Analyst for AgResource Co. Buckner spoke during a recent Professional Dairy Producers Dairy Signal...

United Airlines announced recently it’s on track to use 10 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2023, which is 10 times more than it consumed in 2019. Multiple airlines are showing their interest in SAF for climate reasons and to keep corn growers relevant. But environmental...

An ag economist says there are both short and long-term impacts from India’s export ban on long-grain rice.  India says the ban, which excludes basmati and parboiled rice, is intended to curb food inflation in the country.

Cattle domestication began some 10,000 years ago. Controlling the movements of the creatures has been a human endeavor for millennia, using all manner of tools from herding dogs to electrified fences. Now, it can be done with an iPhone.

Every executive is asking and being asked, “What is your company’s AI strategy?” Discussed at business dinners and board rooms, the potential of AI to create better informed decision making, growth strategies and operational efficiencies has taken center stage, according to Anastasia Volkova at ...

According to the latest report from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) sales of large tractors and combines were up once again in July. Both the month-to-month comparison with July 2022 and 2023 and the year-to-date figures show strong growth. The only down sales were in the smaller,...