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Corn can face many differentstresses capable of reducing stands, such as cold or wet soils, insect feeding and unfavorable we...
(AP) - A new report says Kansas farmers have planted about 70 percent of this year's corn crop.But Monday's weekly up...
(NAFB)--Tyson Foods has announced the formation of an independent Farm Animal Well-Being Advisory Panel. The members of the p...
(NAFB)--U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack responded Friday to the action taken by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to ...
(KFEQ)--In a small publication Monday, the US Energy Information Administration stated ethanol production capacity increased ...
(AP) - An effort to maintain a tax break for ethanol blended fuel has won state Senate approval.The Iowa Senate on Thursday b...
(AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers can sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program beginning Monday.Farm...
(NAFB)--A report released by Dr. Steffen Mueller of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Energy Resources Center sho...
(AP) - Kansas State University scientists are part of a multistate partnership receiving a $9.6 million, five-year grant ...
(AP) - A beef processing plant in Yankton is courting laid-off workers at the Northern Beef Packers plant in Aberdeen.The Abe...
(AP) - The Senate has put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, whi...
(NAFB)--Today marks 151 years since the U.S. Department of Agriculture was created. Since then - agriculture has evolved in e...
(AP) - A new government report says just under half the Kansas winter wheat crop shows no damage from the hard freezes that h...
(NAFB)--The official committee print of the 2013 Farm Bill is now available on the Senate Agriculture Committee website. Acco...
(AP) - A wet spring continues to soak soil across much of the Midwest, causing the prolonged drought to retreat ever so slowl...
(AP) - Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow...
(NAFB)--Senators Al Franken of Minnesota and Tom Harkin of Iowa recently introduced the energy legislation to be included in ...
(NAFB)--USDA has awarded nearly 20-million dollars to support research, education and Extension activities associated with cl...
(NAFB)--A diverse group of 44 conservation, environmental, crop insurance and agricultural organizations have come together i...
(AP) - Cell-phone toting farmers caught in dangerous tractor rollovers may soon be able to more easily signal for help thanks...
(AP) - Farmers in four northwest Iowa counties are eligible for low-interest emergency loans after the U.S. Department of Agr...
(NAFB)--Planting progress continues to be delayed across the country due to persistent cool, wet conditions - according to US...
(AP) - The Farm Rescue organization is getting a large donation from the Otto Bremer Foundation and Bremer Bank.The donations...
(KFEQ)--More drenching rain and heavy snow are pulling parts of the midwest out of drought conditions.In a report released Th...
(AP) - Participants in the Kansas wheat quality tour have forecast the state will harvest 313 million bushels despite drought...
(NAFB)--If cool, wet weather continues - planting will be delayed for many growers across the Corn Belt. That will prompt que...
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2013 – “The Agriculture Department/Environmental Protection Agency report issued today c...
(National FFA)--FFA has received $50,000 to utilize for the award of environmental grants and $50,000 to support FFA:...
(NAFB)--Beginning this Saturday - Michael Scuse will replace Kathleen Merrigan as Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Scu...
(NAFB)--The National Research Council released its risk assessments reports on pesticides Wednesday which raises concerns abo...
DES MOINES--Growers across the Corn Belt are either anxiously waiting to get into their fields or are in the early stages of ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A mid-level state appeals court says New York municipalities can ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to d...
(NAFB)--In addition to issuing a series of white papers on the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard - the House Energy and C...
(AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for p...
(AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened two Mississippi River locks, now that flooding is easing on the waterway...
(NAFB)--USDA researchers are working on the development of soil, water and plant stress sensors and automated irrigation syst...
(NAFB)--The American Farm Bureau Federation says the Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act - recently introduced in th...
The American Farm Bureau Federation says the Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act - recently introduced in the U.S. H...
(AP) - As family farms sell out to corporations and more farmers move to the city, it's getting harder for single people ...
(NAFB)--Recently - China’s bird flu incidents closed live bird markets around the Shanghai region and in South China. C...
(NAFB)--USDA has renewed a historic agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate the adoption of innovative waste-to-ene...
(NAFB)--A report released at the BIO International Convention shows that biotechnology-improved crops have delivered importan...
(AP) - Rain that moved across the Midwest in the past week has helped ease drought conditions for some farmers.The weekly dro...
(NAFB)--The new agriculture counselor at the Environmental Protection Agency says she wants to improve communications between...
GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) - An Iowa man who spoke to North Dakota farmers a year ago about supplying sugar beets for an ethanol plan...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (April 22, 2013) – The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA®) Monday conveneda panel of e...
(NAFB)--The NASCAR Race to Green campaign is hosting a National Tree Planting initiative this month. Today (Monday) - on Eart...
(NAFB)-A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that gr...
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Sorghum Checkoff in collaboration with MMR Genetics (NuSeeds America) and USDA-Agricultural Resear...
(AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in his state "a truly nightmare scenario.&...
AP) - Forecasters are predicting minor to moderate flooding in central and eastern Missouri as heavy rains cause the Missouri...
(NAFB)--South Dakota Representative Kristi Noem has introduced legislation to provide a safety net for livestock owners. Her ...
(NAFB)--USDA is extending its agreement to work with the Federal Aviation Administration and other partners to help develop a...
(NAFB)--USDA is looking to make it easier for agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply for renewable energy...
(AP)-Beef cattle numbers in Kansas are at their lowest level in 14 years because of the ongoing drought, but dairy herds are ...
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Nominee Gina McCarthy said during her Senate confirmation hearing last week the...
Missouri conservation officials say 165 feral hogs have been removed in the southeastern part of the state as part of an erad...
Farmers in 22 Iowa counties are eligible for low-interest emergency loans since their counties have been declared a federal a...
House lawmakers said Wednesday that they plan to introduce legislation to address issues with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Re...
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressmen Sam Graves and Emanuel Cleaver have introduced new legislation (H.R. 1454) to help area f...
Lawmakers claim legislation introduced today in the U.S. house would improve the management of the Missouri River.That legisl...
Executives from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Dow AgroSciences were joined by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence today at a R...
The extreme weather of the last few years has highlighted the importance of managing soil health.Natural Resources Conservati...
Springsoil temperatures and field conditions vary from year to year. Keep this in mind and base your planting decisions on th...
The American Farm Bureau Federation has sent a farm bill proposal to Capitol Hill.The proposal, approved by the Farm Bureau B...
The amount of water released into the lower Missouri River this spring will remain at minimal levels because of ongoing dry c...
The Probable Maximum Precipitation and Climate Change study led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was re...
The McKnight Foundation is putting $25 million into two programs that are working to combat climate change with a focus o...
The founder of Farm Rescue has launched a separate foundation to further his cause of helping farmers stricken by major illne...
A Kansas State University researcher has found an agricultural upside to elevated carbon dioxide levels in the earth's at...
The Kansas Department of Agriculture says it will move most of its programs to Manhattan by the summer of 2014.Agriculture Se...
About one-third of the employees at an Emporia soybean processing plant will be temporarily laid off because of a lack of a c...
What critics have been referring to as the Monsanto Protection Act is actually not new according to Agricultural Retailers As...
A Nebraska irrigation district official says his area's next corn crop is threatened by a state order to release some res...
A new report shows the amount of biodiesel blended into diesel fuel in Iowa has more than tripled over the last two years.The...
President Barack Obama signed the Continuing Resolution into law Wednesday. The American Soybean Association has examined the...
The National Milk Producers Federation has joined the Center for Food Integrity and the U.S. pork sector to launch the See It...
American Farm Bureau Federation Crops Economist Todd Davis notes the Prospective Plantings report from USDA provides an indic...
Regulators have issued a permit to allow construction of a $1.3 billion fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa after a deal w...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Iowa to sign a new agreement with DuPont that sets standards for how corn stalks...
Statistics show a big jump in the number of vineyards in Iowa.In 2000, Iowa had only five vineyards that covered about 15 acr...
The USDA just released the March prospective plantings report.Corn growers intend to plant 97.3 million acres of corn for all...
USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager says he is moving on to the next chapter in his life after twelve ...
Farmers and seed dealers from major U.S. crop production regions recently gathered in St. Louis and Peoria, Ill. for “M...
The Strike Force Initiative, a project to increase partnership with rural communities and leverage community resources in tar...
The Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013, which proposes to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire on areas managed...
With the potential for wet soils in some areas of the country this spring, compaction may be an issue during planting. Sidewa...
A private group is planning to build a large hydroponic greenhouse along the riverfront in Kansas City.City officials and lea...
As Iowa officials near an agreement with federal authorities who are seeking tougher inspections of the state's livestock...
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota-based Farm Rescue organization is getting a grant of nearly $348,000 from a chari...
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Tuesday that passing a five-year farm bill is the Obama Administration’s high...
Illinois and Iowa could get into a bidding war over the construction of a $1.2 billion fertilizer production facility.The...
Two recent graduates are trying to turn a half-acre of University of Nebraska-Lincoln land into a student-run organic farm.Re...
A pair of bears remains at the center of Missouri's state flag, even though hunting and human encroachment nearly wiped o...
After expressing some hope last month, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service National Water and Climate Center ...
After expressing some hope last month - USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service National Water and Climate Center...
Artists Against Fracking say the group and supporter-celebrities, including Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, haven't been told t...
The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Missouri will be closed for a day while conservation crews conduct a one-day ...
C-Lock Incorporated Principals Pat and Scott Zimmerman believe cattlemen will someday be able to determine feed efficiency an...
Another wet weekend has caused a renewed rise of Midwestern rivers, creating flooding that is posing an ironic end to a winte...
The United Soybean Board has funded a state-by-state audit that aims to support poultry and livestock farmers by helping them...
Missouri officials are hunting for the best pictures and videos depicting life in rural communities.The state Agriculture Dep...
Many states are still experiencing the effects of last season’s drought and farmers are looking for ways to help mitiga...
A coalition of more than 40 commodity groups, lending organizations, input suppliers and other agricultural industry stakehol...
Filmmaker James Moll is proud to announce the production of a feature-length documentary about the next generation of America...
Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis discussed the significant progress the biofuels industry has made despite constant attacks, strate...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation recommends that landowners considering a timber sale &ldq...
Twelve veterinarians and farmers from Missouri, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, New York, North Carolina, New Mex...
Missouri landowners have until March 15 to apply for enrolling in the Wetlands Reserve Program.Karen Brinkman, of the federal...
Iowa's apple growers fear what another year of drought will do to their businesses.Many growers also were clobbered last ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mississippi River shippers say they're returning to handling full loads because the drought-ravaged wate...
AMES, Iowa (AP) - The Midwest regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency will discuss Iowa water quality ...
Missouri's two U.S. senators are continuing their push for answers on a project to close a 1,500-foot gap in a Mississipp...
WELCOME, NC (February 22, 2013) – American Ethanol announced its plans to enhance its partnership with Richard Childres...
The new 2014 Chevy Cruze light-duty diesel passenger car launched by General Motors is approved for use with 20-percent biodi...
Representatives Gregg Harper and Jim Matheson introduced legislation on Wednesday night that would effectively kill the futur...
Ag Processing Inc a cooperative (AGP) announced Friday that it has shut down operations of its corn processing plant at Hasti...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the 2013 percentage standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard. For total ren...
DULUTH, Ga. (Jan. 29, 2013) — You think you have it tough? With just one bad turn of the weather, a farmer can lose a s...
Michigan State University scientists have developed a subsurface water retention membrane that has been shown to increase veg...
The Secretary of Agriculture designated Kansas countiesas primary agricultural natural disaster areas making certain farmers ...
The American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors has established priorities for the organization’s strategic acti...
PLAINVIEW, Texas (AP) - Cargill has announced it will idle a West Texas plant and lay off all 2,000 workers because of a tigh...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Federal Reserve says U.S. farm income could decline in 2013, but it depends upon whether the drought c...
The American Petroleum Institute is launching an advertising campaign that will focus on repealing the Renewable Fuel Standar...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will keep his job in President Obama's second term.USDA communication...
NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) - Nearly two years after the Army Corps of Engineers intentionally breached a southeast Missouri levee a...
Dr. Chad Hart told growers at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 94th Annual Meeting that weather and the potential ...
Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation on Monday - U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted t...
A bill has been introduced in the New Mexico Senate that would require the labeling of any food or commercial animal feed tha...
U.S. Highlights: Corn for grain production is estimated at 10.8 billion bushels, up 1 percent from the November 1 forecast bu...
Farmers in 63 Missouri counties, including counties in Northwest Missouri, are eligible for drought assistance after Wednesda...
Monsanto is advancing a record 18 projects across multiple research areas in 2013. The company notes each one is aimed at sus...
An agricultural meteorologist says heavy rainfall is headed for the U.S. Delta - extending into central Texas. Commodity Weat...
The National Biodiesel Board applauded the inclusion of the biodiesel tax incentive in the fiscal package approved by Congres...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administration Lisa Jackson says she's stepping down after nearly...
After a briefing from the Army Corps of Engineers - Senator Dick Durbin said the Corps is projecting no significant interrupt...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The amount of water flowing into the lower Missouri River will be increased this week because of con...
The Army Corps of Engineers will reportedly take one of the steps requested by a large group of organizations and lawmakers t...
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An updated Mississippi River forecast isn't showing the waterway's low levels improving as worries l...
The U.S. Grain Council’s Corn Harvest Quality Report for 2012-2013 shows the overall quality of the 2012 U.S. corn crop...
DENVER (AP) — Federal officials are considering a pipeline to pump water from the Missouri River to western states to d...
Since the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard almost three years ago – Renewable Fuel...
