It doesn’t take long to realize just how much agriculture means to Phil Krieg. It’s not only his nearly five-decade stint in the ag industry that makes it clear. It’s evident in the way he cares about growers, in his goal to wrap up his career in the place he…

USDA released its latest Milk Production report Friday, detailing the nation’s milk production for the month of February. Here’s a snapshot of what the agency reported for the major milk-producing states. February Milk Production According to USDA, total milk production across the 24 major states during February reached about 17.0…

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, March 20 (Reuters) – A leading grains exchange in Argentina cut its forecast for the country’s 2024/2025 soybean crop by a million metric tons on Thursday as the impact of a drought becomes clearer. The Buenos Aires exchange now sees the crop’s output hitting 48.6 million tons,…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a new funding initiative aimed at combating highly pathogenic avian influenza and addressing its impact on poultry production and egg prices. The move follows U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins’ recent declaration of emergency funding to curb the spread of the virus and stabilize…

Did you know that almost 40 percent of all food in the United States goes to waste? Food that is safe to eat, nutritious, and available goes in our collective trash cans. We throw away 133 billion pounds of food each year. It’s a staggering statistic, especially when you consider…

By Ryan Hanrahan Reuters Lisa Baertlein, Karl Plume, and Timothy Gardner reported Wednesday that “President Donald Trump’s plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell and stoking uncertainty in the embattled agriculture market, as exporters struggle…