Wine grape growers in California’s iconic Sonoma County are using partnerships to adopt new technologies to achieve maximum efficiency in their operations.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) recently vetoed a $3 million grant program that aimed to incentivize the sale of E15 fuel by providing a 5 cent-a-gallon rebate to fuel retailers. This decision has sparked significant disappointment among Michigan’s agricultural and environmental groups. E15...

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service have pinpointed a gene mutation in peach trees that allows them to escape the effects of spring frosts.

Rejecting arguments by a Missouri pork processor, U.S. District Judge William Young upheld the legality of a voter-approved Massachusetts state law that requires farmers to give breeding sows room to move around and bars the sale of pork cuts produced outside the state on farms that do not meet the...

Tyson Foods Inc., one of the world’s largest meat suppliers, is downsizing its antibiotic-free beef offerings after backing away from chicken raised without antibiotics last year.

Dairy farmers are seeing huge payouts for beef-dairy crossbreeds amid a major beef shortage and bottomed-out milk prices.

At a recent meeting held in Baltimore, the United Soybean Board set priorities for the upcoming year. A soybean, corn and pork producer from Indiana, Jim Douglas, sits on both the United Soybean Board (USB) and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) executive committee. He spoke at the USB meeting...

Earlier this month, the CDC said at least 1,390 people have been monitored since March because of exposure to infected cattle, and at least 62 people who developed flu-like symptoms were tested for bird flu. To date, four cases were confirmed; two in Michigan and one each in Texas and Colorado.

Shopping habits have changed over the past few years, according to Barons Market Senior Vice President, Rachel Shemirani. And while alcohol and produce tend to be the first places shoppers cut from their carts when trying to slash spending, retailers say value-added and fresh-cut produce continues...

There is an old saying that if you love your job, it really isn’t work. In Brenden Sieren’s case, he believes he has found a business he enjoys that can one day become his career. Brenden, 16, works for Donscheski Show Pigs based in Dunlap, Iowa.

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer is a nationwide measure of the health of the U.S. agricultural economy and surveys agricultural producers on economic sentiment each month. According to their latest survey, the farm financial performance index rose slightly.

The USDA has lowered its new crop ending stocks estimates for corn and soybeans, while raising the outlook for wheat.

If California regulators allow E15 sales in the state, consumers could save up to $2.7 billion annually, according to a new study commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).

There are concerns with Chinese purchases of land near U.S. military bases regarding national security and espionage, according to a special report by the Epoch Times. In May, President Joe Biden issued an executive order shutting down Mine One Partners Ltd., a Chinese-owned firm near Warren Air...

Year-to-date sales of tractors and combines show declines from the previous year in all categories except 4WD tractors, which were up a mere 2.7%. Sales of combines YTD were off by 17.3%. And for the month of June 2024 versus June 2023 the declines were even more pronounced and across the entire...