Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing testified on March 26 before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, as part of its hearing - America Builds: How Trucking Supports American Communities. "The success of American agriculture relies upon a rob...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that her department will release previously obligated funding under the Rural Energy For America Program (REAP), Empowering Rural America (New ERA) and Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) programs. Recipients will have 30 days to review and voluntarily ...

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee, led 25 colleagues in pressing the USDA for information about previously approved funding for food banks and other emergency providers. USDA's taking away funds from the Emergency Food Assistance Program hurts hungry Americans who already face high...

Meat sales hit a record high of $104.6 billion in 2024. The pounds sold increased by 2.3 percent compared to 2023, and consumers, on average, purchase meat more than once per week. That keeps meat the largest fresh department in grocery stores. The 20th annual Power of Meat Report says almost all (98 percent) American ...

The North Dakota Stockmen's Association and North Dakota Stockmen's Foundation, together with the generosity of people from near and far, delivered $939,702.90 this month to cattle ranchers and landowners devastated by the October 2024 wildfires. The Stockmen's groups kick-started the Out of the Ashes Wildfire Disaster...

By Michael Standaert (North Dakota News Cooperative) Trump administration funding terminations, freezes and layoffs are keeping some North Dakota farmers and rural nonprofits from continuing USDA and other federally funded projects. In some cases, projects long in the making were terminated or thrown into uncertainty, ...

Indiana soybean farmer and American Soybean Association director Mike Koehne testified before the United States Trade Representative on the office's Section 301 investigation into China's targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance. Koehne's voice before USTR was especially significant ...

The U.S. has almost doubled egg imports from Brazil and is considering relaxing regulations for eggs laid by chickens raised for meat. The moves come as the Trump Administration is trying to lower record-high egg prices caused by avian influenza. Reuters says the administration is also pushing for more imports from cou...

The American Sheep Industry Association will continue to request that the White House and Congress include Australian and New Zealand lamb in the food and agriculture tariff plans during its annual fly-in this week. Fifty sheep industry leaders representing ASI and 16 of its state affiliates will descend on the nation'...

The U.S. Cattle on Feed Report showed the U.S. beef herd was down two percent from the previous year. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head of cattle totaled 11.6 million head on March 1, 2025. Placements in feedlots during February to...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to increase domestic production of critical minerals, including potash. The president directed federal agencies to compile lists of pending mineral projects and expedite their review in coordination with the National Energy Dominance Council led by Interior Secretary Dou...

St. Paul, Minn. - H5N1 influenza has been confirmed in a Stearns County dairy herd from samples collected as part of Minnesota's milk surveillance plan. The USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the results March 21, and the Board of Animal Health has quarantined the herd until they meet testing re...

Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2025)-Nearly 270 farm groups, agribusiness associations, and farmer cooperatives are calling on Congress to permanently extend the expiring provisions of Section 199A as lawmakers advance the federal budget process. In a joint letter to Congress, the coalition emphasized the critical role Se...

The Office of the United States Trade Representative will hold a public hearing on March 24 and March 26, 2025, regarding proposed actions in the Section 301 investigation on China's targeting of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance. The hearing will take place in the main hearing room of the...

National Farmers Union and Coldiretti issued a joint declaration and letter to U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and the European Union. "Farmers on both sides of the Atlantic are feeling the stress and uncertai...

South Dakota State University Extension has published a study on the economic impact of agricultural cooperatives in the Upper Midwest. The study examines the economic consequences if the Section 199A tax deduction expires. Section 199A provides tax relief to agricultural cooperatives, aiming to boost rural communities...

The average aggregate quality of U.S. corn samples tested for the U.S. Grains Council's (USGC's) 2024/2025 Corn Export Cargo Quality Report released today was better than or equal to U.S. No. 2 on all grade factors. "It's difficult to understate the role of transparency in building trust between business partners,...

A proposal from the U.S. Trade Representative to impose new fees on ocean carriers with ties to China could take a major toll on America's farmers and ranchers. Two-thirds of all agriculture exports by volume are shipped overseas, and the cost of transporting them to international trading partners could increase dramat...

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reinstating the July Cattle report, as well as County Estimates for Crops and Livestock. The county estimate reinstatement is effective for the 2024 crop season for the row crops (corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans) and for the 2025 crop season for t...

National Farmers Union President Rob Larew issued the following statement regarding the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and Canada and its impact on dairy farmers: "Policymakers are focused on U.S. trade policy without solving the underlying problems in the dairy industry-corporate consolidation an...