McDonald’s, which sells nearly 2.4 billion burgers annually, is joining a nationwide initiative to promote and accelerate regenerative grazing practices, habitat restoration, water and wildlife conservation on cattle ranches spanning 4 million acres across up to 38 states. The fast-food chain is pledging $200 million over the next seven years,…

By Galen Bacharier Gov. Josh Stein is asking Congress and the Trump administration to send an additional $13.5 billion to North Carolina, his latest ask for federal aid as recovery from Hurricane Helene continues one year later. Included in that request is $8 billion in additional grants to rebuild homes…

By Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Joana Colussi The implication of this set of four articles is that the U.S. grain and oilseed sector should focus less on South America and China (hereafter, SAC). This implication is consistent with the multivariable regression analysis in this article. It finds that production…

By Emma Murphy YUKON — With no active cases of New World screwworm, the USDA is working to prevent its spread from Central America, a Trump administration official said Friday.  U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins outlined the Department of Agriculture’s plan to prevent the spread of screwworm to the U.S., including…

By Cami Koons A handful of Iowa farmers fired up their combines this week to start harvesting corn, according to the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  More than a quarter of corn acres across the state have reached maturity, according to the report,…

By Joshua Haiar MITCHELL — As China boycotts U.S. soybean purchases, a $500 million processing plant south of Mitchell that will turn more of the state’s crop into oils and livestock meal opened its doors Tuesday. Tom Kersting, the CEO of South Dakota Soybean Processors, which manages the plant, said…