AgWeb’s Margy Eckelkamp reported recently that “family farms still dominate a majority of U.S. farms,” having accounted “for about 96% of total farms and 83% of total production in 2023” in the United States.

Dairy Outlook: U.S. consumers eat more cheese and yogurt now than in the 1950s, but they drink a lot less milk.  U.S. dairy continues to be a growth category, both at home and abroad.

The Agriculture Department launched a testing program this week that looks for the bird flu virus in milk fresh from the farm to get a clearer picture of the prevalence of the H5N1 virus among U.S. dairy herds. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the tests would complement ongoing efforts to...

Major U.S. farm groups said they would try to torpedo a short-term government funding bill in Congress this week unless it contains a multibillion-dollar bailout for agriculture. Negotiations fell apart last weekend on inclusion of so-called economic aid in the only must-pass bill left before...

AgroLiquid has announced it plans to acquire Monty’s Plant Food Company to help expand its innovation in agricultural crop nutrition.

Farmer sentiment jumped in November as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer increased 30 points to 145. Both the Current Conditions and Future Expectations indices increased in November, with the biggest improvement taking place in future expectations. The Future Expectations Index...

Farm income is down in 2024 for the second year in a row, with receipts from corn and soybeans — the two largest field crops — off by a combined $23.5 billion from 2023 levels. But higher than expected livestock revenue is a counterweight, according to the USDA. It estimated net farm income, a...

A look at what is happening to American farmland as farmers get older.

After the recent presidential election, the likelihood of the estate tax exemption being cut is much less of a concern, says ag attorney John Schwarz, but there are other issues that still need to be addressed.

While there has been no sign of person-to-person spread of bird flu, researchers said recently that a single mutation in the H5N1 avian influenza virus could enhance the virus’ ability to attach to human cells. That could potentially increase the possibility of transmission among humans, according...

By Andrew Duff|

The Cartner family had known since last year that one of their farm’s Christmas trees would be headed to the White House this winter.

Americans are consuming ever-larger amounts of imported fruits, vegetables, wine, alcohol, coffee, and beef, an appetite that will drive the food and ag trade deficit to a record $45.5 billion this 2025 fiscal year. Imports will be a sizzling $9.3 billion larger than in just-ended fiscal 2024,...

The Food and Drug Administration said recently that the U.S. food supply is still "one of the safest in the world," in the wake of a number of foodborne disease outbreaks affecting items ranging from organic carrots to deli meats to McDonald's Quarter Pounders. E. coli, listeria and other...

Texas attorney Brooke Rollins was recently announced as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Rollins is the President and CEO of the nonprofit America First Policy Institute (AFPI), which was launched in 2021.