…increasingly outdated systems and databases, and other logistical headaches for organic producers. With just 85 staff, the increased delays and weakened enforcement would threaten consumer trust in the organic label. …
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Agriculture in Kansas Often Unsuccessful
…or from their homeland. They planted mostly corn, but experimented with crops like oats, cotton, even tobacco. Most did not fare well in the Kansas climate. The grasshopper plague 1874…
Global Cotton Forecast Hits Seven-Year High
Global cotton production is set to hit its highest level in seven years, driven by strong output in key countries despite regional declines. The USDA projects global cotton production for…
Impact of Tariffs Between the U.S. and China Ag Markets
…that the U.S. tariffs on China and China’s retaliation are assumed to persist throughout the current and next marketing years, affecting major commodities like cotton and pork. Despite this, hog…
Bayer May Halt Glyphosate Production Without Legal Shield
…CEO Bill Anderson told the Journal. “We’re not talking years but months instead.” The USDA notes that over 90% of soybeans, corn, and cotton planted in the U.S. are genetically…
Yuba Grower Named 2024 Rice Consultant of the Year
…from Drew Clark, U.S. Portfolio Marketing Leader, Corteva Agriscience. Gary Dodd has been named the 2024 Rice Consultant of the Year by Corteva Agriscience and Rice Farming Magazine. Dodd’s journey…
FAPRI Releases 2025 U.S. Agricultural Market Outlook
Shutterstock image The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri has released its 2025 U.S. Agricultural Market Outlook. The report highlights a mixed financial picture…
American Agriculture History Minute: Fertilizer Invented
…agriculture, things like the steam engine, threshing machine, the cotton gin, and moldboard plow come to mind. But high on that list, and one that many times slips by our…
Western Tree Nut Association Submits Comments to CA DPR on Use of Paraquat
…winter for no-till or minimum-till practices, and as a rotation partner to glyphosate to prevent resistance. Paraquat is crucial for sustainability in the cotton industry and for managing difficult weeds…
American Agriculture History Minute: Missouri Bootheel Logging Industry Begins
…to drain the swamp land. As a result, population in the Bootheel more than tripled from 1880 to 1930. And cotton flourished as the number one crop. That’s today’s American…
USDA Expediting Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
DepositPhotos image Marking National Agriculture Day, Secretary Rollins Prioritizes Timely Support for Farmers (USDA-FSA/WASHINGTON/March 18, 2025) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S.…
Farm Groups Call for Science-Based Decisions on Key Ag Products
…sent a letter to key officials in Washington, D.C., emphasizing the need for data-driven decisions in the regulation of pesticides, biotechnology, and food ingredients. The letter was addressed to U.S.…
Voices of the Valley: Agritourism – From Goat Yoga to Pumpkin Patches
…that knowledge gap. “People trust farmers, but they don’t trust farming,” Bailey says, as she talks about her goal of giving people a “lightbulb moment” when they visit Owyhee. This…
USDA Won’t Impose Ban Despite New Case of Mexican Screwworm
…from en.wikipedia to Commons. Original uploader was Ellmistfrom Courtesy of USDA/APHIS A new case of New World screwworm has been detected in a Mexican cow south of the U.S. border….