USDA is set to provide $1 billion in aid payments to livestock producers affected by drought or wildfire in 2023 and 2024. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will leverage existing Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) data to streamline payment calculations and issuance.  “The Department of Agriculture is stepping up to…

A day after a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that President Donald Trump must halt his sweeping tariffs on top U.S. trade partners, a federal appeals court has allowed the tariffs to temporarily remain in place while legal proceedings continue. The trade court had issued…

Farmers often have to defend their crops from pests. While these pests can range from microbes to insects to avians, imagine trying to prevent crop losses when the nuisance in question can tip the scales at 15,000 pounds, might be more than ten feet tall and is highly intelligent. This…

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed its fourth human fatality from H5N1 avian influenza in 2025, marking another alarming development in the country’s ongoing battle with the virus. The latest case involves an 11-year-old boy from Kampong Speu province in south-central Cambodia who died Tuesday after being hospitalized with severe…

A virus responsible for damaging cotton crops across the southern United States has been lurking in U.S. fields for nearly 20 years — undetected. According to new research, cotton leafroll dwarf virus , long believed to be a recent arrival, was infecting plants in cotton-growing states as early as 2006.…

In Tuesday’s Crop Progress report, USDA included the first round of corn condition ratings for the nation’s top 18 corn-growing states. For five of them, more than 75% of the corn crop was rated good/excellent as of the week ending May 25.  Here’s a closer look at which states made…