Golden Growers Cooperative and Cargill Inc. announced today that Cargill will buy out Golden Growers Cooperative's interest in ProGold LLC at the end of the current lease which concludes on December 31, 2026. ProGold LLC owns a corn wet milling plant in Wahpeton, ND that Cargill has been leasing since 1997. In 2022, Ca...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has been named the ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee. The announcement came Wednesday, the day after Rep. Angie Craig, D-2nd District, was elected as the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee. Klobuchar has served on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutritio...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced more than $313 million in funding to connect rural residents, farmers and business owners in 18 states to reliable high-speed internet. Projects are being financed by the fifth round of the ReConnect Program and are a central part of President Biden's Inves...

Grain production, including corn production, in the United States is highly efficient in terms of labor, cost and land, yet generates massive nitrogen losses that end up in our waterways and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change, while costing farmers money. The Foundation for Food & Agri...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is making domestic fertilizer production investments in nine states to increase competition, lower fertilizer costs for American farmers and lower food costs for U.S. consumers. "When we invest in domestic supply chains, we drive down input c...

The National Pork Producers Council is deeply disappointed in Congress' decision to relinquish their responsibility to produce a new Farm Bill and an overdue federal solution for California Proposition 12. "Pork producers do not have the luxury of waiting for Congress to pass a new, five-year Farm Bill next year. ...

Farm Credit Council has selected Christy Seyfert to be President and CEO beginning in mid-January. Seyfert, currently Executive Director of Government Affairs for the American Soybean Association, was selected by the FCC Board of Directors following an extensive search process. "Christy is strongly committed to th...

The Animal Agriculture Alliance announced new upcoming board leadership effective Jan. 1, 2025 following its fall board meeting held Nov. 7 in Washington, D.C. Lisa McComb, strategic communications consultant at Vision Media, will become board chairperson. Nick Wolfenden, global sustainable animal welfare director at C...

NDFB is excited to announce several scholarships worth $1,000 for high school students, undergraduates, and individuals studying agriculture. NDFB will be granting scholarships in five categories, including a scholarship for college students pursuing an agriculture-related degree, an NDFB family member scholarship, one...

The House Democratic Caucus elected Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig, D-2nd District, as the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee. Minnesota Farmers Union endorsed her bid for the post on Nov. 26. "It's welcome news that Rep. Craig will be representing her caucus in negotiations as Congress works to pass di...

The annual Soil Water Workshop hosted by NDSU Extension will be held on Jan. 22, with both in-person and virtual attendance options. The in-person workshop will be held at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. The one-day workshop will cover soil and water management topics relevant to North Dakota producers, agronomis...

The American Coalition for Ethanol commends the lawmakers who successfully included a provision for nationwide, year-round E15 in the federal funding bill. ACE CEO Brian Jennings issued the statement below in reaction: "Legislation to ensure year-round availability of E15 in the U.S. has been at the top of our to-...

The U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) is pleased to recognize the establishment of the Codex Standard for high oleic soybean oil (HOSO). During its 47th meeting on November 25-30, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) adopted a revision to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils (Codex Stan 210-1999) to include the...

Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa joined bipartisan colleagues in demanding answers from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding used cooking oil imports. The lawmakers want information on the agency's process for verifying the authenticity of the imports. Responding to a congressional probe, Senior ...

The Farm Credit Administration's board received an update on economic issues affecting agriculture. The U.S. economy has continued to show modest growth through 2024, as gains in productivity support real wage growth and boost consumer spending. For agriculture, there's a sharp divergence in returns for crop and livest...

Last week, the USDA reversed course on comments that it may let cattle imports from Mexico into the U.S. resume before the year-end holidays. It suspended those imports in November due to discovery of the New World screwworm in Mexico. The agency says it's approved a second round of emergency funding to block the flesh...

More than 500 North Dakota Farmers Union members participated in the organization's 98th annual state convention Dec. 13-14 in Bismarck, where Mark Watne of Velva was elected to a 12th term as president. In his address to members, Watne reflected on what makes Farmers Union successful. He said as a member-driven organi...

Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will provide an additional 3 million electronic identification (EID...

The National Corn Growers Association announced the winners of the 2024 Yield Contest. All of the participants delivered outstanding yields, again showing the resilience and ingenuity that define U.S. agriculture. The Contest saw almost 7,800 entries from farmers in 45 states. Entrants across the ten production categor...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly wheat outlook shows an expected jump in export forecasts because of weaker exports from Russia and the European Union. Wheat shipments will total 850 million bushels in the 2024-2025 marketing year that ends on May 31, 2025. That's up from the prior outlook of 825 million bu...