The owner of a butcher shop in Tooele County, Utah, is facing aggravated animal cruelty charges after being accused of cutting the hoof off a conscious steer without first sedating it, according to charging documents and federal inspection records. The alleged incident took place on November 5, 2025, at Tooele…

Current news headlines have highlighted a 16 percent rise in U.S. sales of medically important antibiotics that are used in food-producing animals in 2024. The news stories are based on information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s data officially released last month. However, the FDA’s report has a broader…

New tools. New markets. New ways forward. Agriculture as an innovation engine. A place where practices evolve to meet the needs of billions of people. Yet rarely do we ask a harder question: Who has been innovating without access all along? When land, capital, and formal pathways were restricted or…

John Deere announced plans to open two new U.S.-based facilities — in Indiana and North Carolina — an expansion the company says will create more than 300 jobs and increase its domestic manufacturing and distribution capacity. The announcement comes as the equipment maker has faced scrutiny over workforce reductions in…

This Colorado State expert details how flexibility in food consumption can be healthier than dieting. Eat this, not that. This one food will cure everything. That food is poison. Cut this food out. Try this diet. Don’t eat at these times. Eat this food and you’ll lose weight. With society’s…

Image courtesy of the National FFA Organization Over 70 FFA student members serving as state officers in their respective states started the new year by exploring the history, culture, and agricultural practices of Spain through National FFA’s International Leadership Seminar for State Officers. ILSSO is an annual program designed to…