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Last Friday night, President Donald Trump and United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdure announced a new program to assist farmers, ranchers and consumers in response to the COVID-19 national …

Congress authorized $9.5 billion for livestock and specialty crop producers and local foods systems through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, but tasked the U.S. Department of Agriculture …

WASHINGTON (April 8, 2020) – Today, NCBA President Marty Smith sent a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting the government to act quickly to investigate the striking disparity between boxed beef prices and cattle …

American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) President Benny Cox called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture, late last week, to provide relief to America’s sheep and wool producers because of the …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an extension to July 15, 2020, for filing Packers and Stockyards Annual Reports with the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Fair Trade Practices Program, Packers …

The 2020 Prospective Plantings report from USDA seems to reflect 2019 pretty clearly. Extremely tough harvest and planting conditions from last fall are definitely impacting crop acreage allocations in the …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2019, …

Almost everything has been canceled or postponed this month, but the USDA Prospective Plantings survey is going to come out on time on March 31st. Farmers are heading out to …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced continued progress in the implementation of the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China Phase …

Today marks 47 years since the start of the National Ag Day program and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement regarding National Agriculture Day along with …