The U.S. Department of Agriculture is pushing farmers to prioritize soil health and more nutritious food. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program on Wednesday to support farmers adopting…

Children who grow up in farming communities have long been known to develop far fewer allergies than their urban peers. A new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center, offers one possible reason why: Their immune systems may mature faster, and breast milk appears to play an important supporting…

With hay as my primary crop, I am not in line to benefit from the $12 billion farmer bailout that’s been making the rounds in the media. Hay producers simply aren’t on the list. There’s no check coming to me, and I don’t expect one. But I do buy groceries…

Ahead of 9:15 a.m. CT, March corn was up 1¼¢ at $4.45½ per bushel. January soybeans were down 4½¢ at $10.86¾ per bushel. March CBOT wheat was unchanged at $5.29½ per bushel. March Kansas City wheat was down 2¢ at $5.21¼ per bushel. March Minneapolis wheat was up 1¾¢ at…

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the Abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act yesterday. Todd Wilkinson, South Dakota cattle producer and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association past president, testified on the rampant EAJA abuse by environmental groups that have become repeat litigants…

FULTON COUNTY, Ohio — Varroa mite wiped out almost 60 percent of the commercial beekeeping force in America during the 2024-25 winter, according to recent data from U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists. And as solutions are being accelerated to protect the pollination services that feed the American food system, the…