The USDA says 1.7 million cattle were placed into feedlots during the month of May, a 10 percent decline from 2025. While within pre-report expectations, it was at the low end of the range.

New federal clarifications on the H-2A guest worker program will allow dairy farms to access temporary workers.

The director of swine health for the National Pork Board (NPB) says there is a lot of disease pressure that pork producers are struggling with right now.

2026 could be another record year for U.S. ethanol exports.

The smallest U.S. wheat crop in decades continues to shrink due to weather issues and acreage cuts.The USDA sees the crop at 1.03 billion bushels, 2% below May, as harvest moves forward, and 27% below 2025, with an average yield of 46.8 bushels per acre, down 0.8 on the month and 8.1 bushels on the...

The USDA is projecting increased milk supplies and declining cheese prices to overhang the market this year and next.

Lawmakers and industry representatives want to see the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement improved to better support U.S. agriculture.

The organization representing more than 5,000 U.S. ag retail locations says the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger should not happen.

During a call with reporters, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said one case was found in the umbilical area of a three-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas. “We have established a 20-kilometer infested zone around the detection and implementing quarantines, movement controls, and surveillance in this...

A market advisor says dry weather in Brazil hasn’t had a significant impact on the country’s expected record corn crop.

The CEO of Farm Credit Illinois says the ag economy continues to show signs of stress.Kelly Hunt says some difficult conversations took place during the cooperative’s loan renewal season.

The Deputy Secretary at the USDA says he’s confident China will continue to meet its purchase commitments made to the United States.

Calls continue for additional farmer funding as USDA opens enrollment for the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program for specialty crop producers.The program provides more than $1.6 billion in revenue assistance based on 2025 planted acres and covers nearly 270 specialty crops.

Sixty-five state and national groups, including the National Corn Growers Association, recently sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick calling on him to end countervailing duties placed on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco to ease the pain felt by farmers as fertilizers prices...