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It took 43 days, the House of Representatives largely avoiding Washington, D.C. for nearly two months, and countless arguments and finger pointing, but the partial federal government shutdown ended on November 12th, and America’s agricultural producers, growers, ranchers, workers, agribusiness owners, and investors can now try to recover from the damage and stalled progress that Congress’ funding fight caused. Democrats, at least enough of them, finally acquiesced to the Repu

When you rely on certainty, what choice do you have but to express optimism and skepticism at the same time when it comes to China buying U.S. soybeans? China had quit buying American beans altogether in response to President Donald Trump’s global trade war, which levied some of its most powerful focus on the biggest customer of U.S. soybeans. The Trump administration this month trumpeted an agreement that China would resume soybean purchases. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Be

Some rural communities provide the perfect setting for the nation’s growing demand for data centers to provide artificial intelligence for an industry that is exploding. But many residents in town are kept in the dark until the deal for a new data center is done. Rural America offers large tracts of land, cheap power and favorable zoning regulations to build high-capacity data centers. But an increasingly common feature in the development process is the use of non-disclosure

The Federal Reserve has continued what has recently become a slow step down in interest rates as it navigates limited federal data, rising inflation, a slower job market, and the continued tariff uncertainty. The Fed reduced its target range for the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.75%-4.0%. This is the second reduction by this rate this year and is less than what President Donald Trump has pressured the independent body to do. The partial federal government

There has been a renewed focus on federal country-of-origin labeling for beef after President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans to quadruple the amount of beef imported from Argentina, where Trump’s political ally is the president. Cattle ranchers have been incensed that Trump would allow more beef imports into the U.S. and pressure them to lower their prices. Fourteen Republicans from the U.S. House of Representatives followed the criticism by releasing an open l

President Donald Trump’s plan to quadruple beef imports from Argentina has drawn sharp criticism from U.S. cattle ranchers who warn the move could devastate domestic producers. Ranchers, already strained by drought, wildfires, and high input costs, say cheaper Argentine beef could undercut a recovering U.S. market. While the administration argues that increased imports may lower prices for consumers, industry leaders like Justin Tupper of the U.S.

At the Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, world-renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés called on President Donald Trump to restore the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Andrés—whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has fed millions in disaster zones—warned that dismantling USAID endangers lives worldwide by cutting off access to food, water, and health aid.

As family farmers continue to wait for an aid package that President Donald Trump last month claimed that he could fund with tariff revenue, they now watch as the administration considers doubling its financial support for Argentina. The partial shutdown of the federal government could be slowing Trump’s $10+ billion package for U.S. farmers. But the optics of working on giving Trump’s political ally, Argentine President Javier Milei, four times that much doesn’t sit well wit

Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford wanted to stress the urgency of the situation. “What is happening right now is devastation,” Ford said of the struggles of many American farmers. Ford was one of the featured speakers at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Fortune began the series in 1998 to highly some of the most influential women in business. Ford has served as CEO of Land O’Lakes, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based agricultural cooperative, since

Farmers and farmland investors would like to harvest some optimism in their fall fields that the partial federal government shutdown can...

The Trump administration is looking at providing a $10 billion aid package from taxpayers to help farmers who are suffering from low...

America’s farmers find themselves in a similar position in 2025 as they did in 2018: parts of the federal government have temporarily...

America’s farmers are exceptional at what they grow and produce. Sometimes, it seems like it is to their detriment as they deal with a...

The potential of Chinese consumers to provide the stable export market for cherry producers in America’s Northwest feels largely out of...

Adam Chappell heard his father’s warnings when he was growing up.  He should get a college degree and do something else rather than...

Leaders for two critical agricultural industries for the United States, corn and soybeans, are warning leaders in Washington, D.C. that...

The Cost of Tariffs: John Deere Expects to Lose Hundreds of Millions They put off buying a new combine. They decided that a tractor can...

After roughly one in eight U.S. farms disappeared or became part of someone else’s farm in the past quarter century, it could make a...

Bayer continues to manage the legal fallout from its 2018 acquisition of Monsanto, with CEO Bill Anderson announcing the company has recently settled or dismissed 17,000 glyphosate-related cases. Of the 192,000 total claims filed, 61,000 remain unresolved. Bayer has already paid over $10 billion in settlements but maintains that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is safe and backed by decades of research.

Taxpayers could save $4 billion following a major restructuring of the USDA, which includes shifting workers from Washington, D.C. to...