The National FFA Organization released a statement saying it will cooperate with a congressional inquiry reviewing one of its corporate sponsors, while reaffirming its commitment to remaining nonpartisan and free from donor influence. The youth agricultural education organization’s statement is as follows: “The National FFA Organization is a nonprofit, non-partisan…

What’s the key to growing resilient crops that can survive tough conditions? Researchers at the University of Missouri are getting to the root of it — literally. Scientists in the Walter Gassmann lab at Mizzou’s Bond Life Sciences Center have discovered how a specific protein known as SRFR1 plays a…

Change is afoot in the U.S. beef supply chain. More dairy cattle seem to be specifically bred to generate a calf to be sold as beef, but so far, documentation for the trend is mostly anecdotal. In an invited talk at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 102nd Annual Agricultural Outlook…

As the United States prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the National Corn Growers Association has released a sweeping new report illustrating how far American agriculture has come — and how urgently action is needed to secure its future. The report, America’s Crop at Risk: The Future of Corn and…

Wildfires fueled by powerful winds are tearing across parts of western Kansas and Oklahoma, threatening rural communities, farmland, and livestock operations as state and local agencies mount a coordinated response. The Kansas Division of Emergency Management has activated the State Emergency Operations Center, working alongside the State Fire Marshal, Kansas…

A worker was killed, and two others were injured following an early morning explosion and fire at a Koch Foods poultry processing facility in Fairfield, Ohio, on Sunday. Fire crews responded around 1 a.m. to the 600,000-square-foot plant on Commerce Drive after reports of an explosion and heavy fire on…