Farmers News Updates

The one-time aid payments will be based on planted acres, as well as estimates of production costs and forecasts of yields and prices provided by the USDA.

“It’s killing the whole nation,” said Missouri farmer Marty Richardson, who is reluctant to harvest his rain-drenched corn fields as his machines will chew up more diesel in the mud and he can’t afford to waste a drop.

China has fulfilled more than half of its annual U.S. soybean purchase pledge, offering a bright spot for trade between the world’s two largest economies.

Many U.S. farmers need diesel to power combines, tractors and other equipment to harvest two of the nation's largest commodities: soybeans and corn.

President Donald Trump said he was creating a program to help farmers and ranchers “process their own food," a move aimed at addressing the high cost of beef.

The EPA gave so-called small refinery exemptions, or SREs, totaling 1.76 billion credits for the 2025 compliance year, after a week of turmoil in the industry.

The farm machinery sector is primed for a rebound in 2027 as the current fleet ages and prompts growers to upgrade, according to tractor maker CNH Industrial.

The Department of Agriculture will start a phased reopening starting with imports at the Douglas, Ariz., port of entry beginning Aug. 24, the agency said.

As the deadly New World screwworm spreads through Texas, posing significant risk to the U.S. cattle herd, experts are still wondering how it got there.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is racing to contain the deadly New World screwworm after a case was detected in Texas.