Farmers by and large don't love receiving government payments in the place of marketplace revenue.

Continued trade expansion with China and the expansion of Trade Promotion Authority to open up new opportunities for overseas ag sales are major priorities across the entire industry heading into 2021 as leaders take stock of how Biden administration officials will influence export sales in the new year.

Congress is working toward a two-phase COVID-19 relief package, and farmers and ranchers will be targeted by relief payments through both the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

As he makes his return to his post as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in the Biden administration, Tom Vilsack has made it clear that carbon and climate change will be priorities for USDA.

The National Corn Growers Association released the 2020 National Corn Yield Contest winners on Monday, revealing a winning tally of 476.91 bushels/acre on a Michigan farm.

The top buyers of U.S. beef, pork and poultry on the global market all cut back purchases this year, but signs point to a return to the normal pace in 2021, one livestock specialist says.

The suicide rate is 45% higher in rural America than it is in urban areas, and in recognition of that fact, Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Jon Tester of Montana — both farmers themselves — have introduced a bill aimed at cutting down on rural suicide.

The SpaceX Starlink satellites have been visible in the southeastern night sky around rural America recently, but those satellites are poised to deliver much more than a unique view in the sky soon.

In their monthly report on global grain markets, economists at the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) released last week said there's reason to believe U.S. corn, barley and sorghum exports will increase considerably in the new year.

"Regenerative" has been a major buzz word in agriculture in the last year, and its discussion has fueled a lot of questions about what adjusting to more regenerative practices will mean on the farm level.