On Fox and Friends Weekend, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pulled out a chart showing the price of eggs going back 40 years and the price spike that began in 2014 when the first stretch of avian influenza hit. The chart showed a significant increase in prices that began in 2021.
The head of the Renewable Fuels Association told an audience of ethanol producers at the National Ethanol Conference in Nashville on Tuesday that the Trump administration can take steps to help improve an ailing farm economy.
Employees in agencies across USDA were fired Thursday and Friday as the Trump administration made a move to slash 200,000 or so workers who were in probationary periods for their jobs. For most employees, that meant they were new hires who had been on the job less than two years.
Farmers enter this season without a post-emergence, over-the-top dicamba product registered for weed control in soybeans and cotton. What does it mean for the controversial chemistry? Here are some do's and don'ts.
Texas native Brooke Rollins was confirmed as the 33rd Agriculture secretary and the second woman to hold the post following Ann Veneman in the early 2000s. Senators voted 72-28 to confirm her Thursday.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday that would clear the way for permanent, year-round sales of E15 across the country.
Among the most common rural crime is theft. Farmers can have machinery, vehicles, tools, fuel and even livestock stolen from their farms and fields. Farm Bureau Financial Services offers producers eight ways to improve their farm security.
The Soybean Innovation Lab, based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was formed in 2011 to provide researchers and organizations with the resources needed to advance soybean development. The lab is comprised of over 100 technical soybean experts from 24 countries, each representing a variety of institutions.
Average retail prices for six of the eight major fertilizers were up from last month during the first week of February 2025, with the price of two fertilizers -- urea and UAN32 -- up significantly. Prices for the remaining two fertilizers were slightly lower.
CNH Industrial expects its agricultural equipment sales will be down between 13% and 18% this year compared to 2024. Net sales of its construction equipment are expected to be down 5% and 10% from last year.
