Cover crops improve soil health and water quality, prevent nutrient loss, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they’re grown on only about 5 percent of U.S. agricultural lands. That’s despite billions in annual federal investments, primarily in the form of cost-share and incentive payments to farmers who adopt conservation practices.…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations officially launched the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 today with an opening ceremony live from FAO Headquarters in Rome and online. Held during the 179th Session of the FAO Council, the event officially kicks off the United Nations observance…

By Cami Koons The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has awarded more than $3.6 million in “pass through” loans and grants to local utilities to benefit community businesses and emergency services.   Iowa’s Rural Development Deputy State Director Henry Kummerer announced the grants Thursday, which will impact Butler, Carroll, Decatur,…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has conditionally approved fluralaner topical (Exzolt Cattle-CA1) solution for the prevention and treatment of New World screwworm larval infestations in cattle. The product is also indicated for the treatment and control of cattle fever tick in beef cattle over 2…

American Dairy Association North East is offering two scholarships for college students who have completed one year of post-secondary education and are interested in agriculture, dairy product marketing, dairy manufacturing, agricultural communications, journalism or dairy product nutrition. Applications are due online by December 31. Applications for the $500 Leo Briggs…

“I would like to say, to begin with, that you’re learning about a 92-year-old undiagnosed attention-deficit hyperactivity redneck rancher with a sense of humor. And we can go from there,” explained Delbert Trew of Alanreed, Texas. Trew was born June 19, 1933, on his family farm in Perryton, in the…