The President and CEO of the American Egg Board says egg producers are looking at overseas markets to grow demand.Emily Metz says prices are low and southeast Asia could be a good customer.

The President of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says the industry is developing federal legislation that would address California’s livestock confinement law.Duane Stateler says Proposition 12 has created a patchwork of state regulations.

“About 2 billion people are suffering from iron deficiency, which makes people sick and can even cause death,” said Felipe Ricachenevsky, a professor with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.He and colleagues in Brazil, Italy, Chile, and Germany are working to increase the amount...

The U.S. Supreme Court still has not issued a decision on President Trump’s use of tariffs and an ag lobbyist says he’s eager to see the opinion.

There were 86.2 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of January 1, according to the twice-yearly cattle inventory report published by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). That’s the lowest level since 1951. Other key findings in the report saw that of the 86.2...

The Renewable Fuels Association applauded President Trump for strongly reaffirming his support for America's ethanol industry and calling on Congress to send a bill approving year-round E15 "to my desk very quickly." Trump said he would sign the bill into law "without delay."

With whole soybean exports down, an economist says an important soybean product is getting more overseas sales. 

The chief economist for The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) says she expects to see more product innovation as geopolitics continue to interrupt supply chains.

Autonomous farm machinery is advancing quickly — but is it ready to pencil out on commercial grain farms?

The chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says he’s confident a Farm Bill 2.0 can move quickly in the U.S. House this year.

Corn, sorghum, and soybean export sales all roared to marketing year highs during the week ending January 15^th.

An ag economist says the cattle industry continues to look for any signs of herd expansion.  Charley Martinez with the University of Tennessee says, “We want to know the percentage of heifers being held back, that’s really what everyone is wanting to know.”

The Deputy Secretary of USDA says the Trump administration continues to address consolidation in the ag industry.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer.The justices will consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of...

An atmospheric scientist says a wide range of commodities are at risk from the most recent winter storm. Matt Makens tells Brownfield Ag News that arctic air and a system in the Pacific converged.