U.S. Department of Agriculture

Opposition to electronic tracking is bringing together an unusual group of interests in the agriculture community, but its use overseas may make it an inevitability in time.

Large meat companies are paying millions to settle price-fixing suits, but even those penalties may not change much.

President-elect Joe Biden played it safe by choosing former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to return to the post, but that isn't playing well with everyone.

Bonus payments from the federal government because of the coronavirus were the difference in total farm income going up instead of dropping.

Applications to a USDA program to help farmers add solar panels is seeing increased applications. Falling prices of solar equipment is making the renewable energy a more viable option on the farm.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has paid out a record $4.24 billion in claims for acres farmers couldn’t plant this year. The “prevented planting”...

The State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston, Iowa, has sloped auditorium-style seating and plenty of outlets to keep laptops and cell phones...

About 6,000 nutrition professionals gathered at the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. They came from all over the country to sample ramen…

Updated at 12:45 p.m. Friday to add that the pathogen has been found in Missouri, as well.A pathogen that’s deadly to some native trees has been found in…

There’s millions of dollars to be made from growing hemp, which for years was lumped in and vilified with its sister plant, marijuana. With the...