The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is pushing back forcefully after a federal judge allowed a lawsuit challenging Texas’ ban on cell-cultured protein to move forward, keeping the issue squarely in the spotlight for cattle producers and policymakers. On Jan. 20, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright denied the State…

The Institute of Food Technologists is now accepting applications for more than 100 undergraduate and graduate scholarships totaling over $260,000, funded through IFT’s Feeding Tomorrow Fund. The nonprofit organization supports students pursuing careers in food science across the global food system. One of the top opportunities is the Elwood F.…

When is farmer support not exactly what it seems? Since California’s passage of Prop 12, numerous legal and policy challenges have been initiated, with Congress considering several acts that would directly challenge the future of this measure. Yet in a letter circulating on Capitol Hill, much has been made about…

A Maryland farmer has set a new world record for non-irrigated soybean yield, harvesting 154.98 bushels per acre in a no-till, non-irrigated system. Chris Weaver of Hickory Hollow Farms in Finksburg, Maryland, achieved the documented yield through a season-long agronomy plan developed in collaboration with Locus Agriculture (Locus AG), Concept…

Smart sprayers powered by artificial intelligence could help Midwest corn and soybean growers cut foliar herbicide use — and trim input bills — without sacrificing weed control, according to new research published in Weed Science, a journal of the Weed Science Society of America. The study evaluated field trials run…

CORTLAND, New York — The current layout of Fouts Farm is a vision from her father, written on a napkin when he first became a partner almost 30 years ago and fully realized only recently. It was a vision for a farm that sits in one of the most productive…