Ag News Stories

The deadline to apply for the Sheep Heritage Foundation Scholarship is just a week away. Applications must be submitted by May 31. The $3,000 Sheep Heritage Foundation Scholarship is administered …

Ranchers who have claims to file in the $83.5 million settlement in a JBS anti-trust case have until Sept. 15, 2025, to get that done. In February 2025, the U.S. …

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025 which would allow farmers and ranchers …

The Trump Administration recently appointed Mike Foster as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Montana. Foster joined the Montana FSA team on …

The much-anticipated Make American Healthy Again Commission report calls out the potential hazards of glyphosate-based Roundup while saying a balanced approach is needed between improving pesticide safety in general and …

Representatives of the entire U.S. red meat supply chain gathered in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday as the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) opened its Spring Conference. USMEF Chair Steve Hanson, …

Legislation has been introduced to help ranchers recover after losing livestock to natural disasters. Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) introduced the Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act. This legislation will help to provide …

Physiological leaf spots (PLS) on winter wheat variety ‘Bobcat’ are once again observed. PLS are associated with chloride deficiency in combination with unfavorable environmental conditions. Fungicide applications are not effective, but …

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum today signed a joint memo (PDF, 693 KB) on wildfire preparedness, ensuring our two Departments …

Although agriculture groups are concerned that an expected report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission will attack pesticides, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a …