There has been no shortage of headlines about the struggles facing American farmers in recent years. Lower commodity prices, rising input costs, and U.S. trade tensions are just a few of the factors making it difficult for producers to turn a profit.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins returned to Iowa ahead of the mid-term elections and said that she is monitoring whether President Donald Trump's decision to temporarily allow more imported beef from Brazil and Argentina will have its intended effect of providing a cheaper alternative for consumers.

A cheese plant announcement in rural Missouri continues a year of expansion announcements for Schreiber Foods, which is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The company’s primary focus in Carthage, Missouri, will be process cheese.

Cattle ranchers have found bipartisan allies in Washington, D.C., who have joined their efforts to halt President Donald Trump's initiative to increase ground beef imports from Argentina and Brazil.

What would it take to change the mind of the president of the United States? That is what numerous agricultural organizations, ranchers, farmers, and elected officials are trying to figure out after President Donald Trump announced that he would temporarily drop tariffs on ground beef imports to try to provide cost relief for families.

The problems facing U.S. potato growers could fill a 10-pound sack. They have added up to mounting financial pressures on some farmers and a pullback in planted acres in Idaho, America’s potato capital. Drought Impact on Potato Growers The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Integrated Drought Information System’s drought map shows two troubling colors for Idaho: crimson and red. Crimson, a color that illustrates on the map the area considered “exceptio