The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is designed to bring quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurements to the key sustainability metrics of U.S. cotton production. The good news is more growers took part during the 2021-2022 […]

Story by Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) — President Joe Biden will visit a family farm in northeast Illinois on Wednesday to highlight a new series of actions to increase U.S. crop […]

The latest jobs report out of Washington shows total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 428,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure […]

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2022 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack planted a tree to announce the reopening of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) People’s Garden Initiative. People’s Gardens across the country will grow fresh, healthy […]

On this week’s export sales report, we saw decent sales of both old and new crop corn at 34.1 million/bu of old and 33.2 million/bu of new crop. On the soybean side, we saw 17.7 […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (April 21, 2022) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly […]

Things are still running slow at the nation’s ports, especially on the outbound side. A big reason is a business arrangement called the Box Rule. Ray Bowman is an international trade consultant and Program Chair […]

Following planting, corn farmers’ attention turns to monitoring plant emergence. That’s evidenced by a recent Pioneer poll, which showed that two-thirds of farmers know delayed emergence can reduce yield potential by five to nine percent. […]

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C. Mary Beth Schultz will serve as Deputy General Counsel Before joining […]