The Senate Ag Committee has failed to advance its version of the skinny farm bill, in a party line vote Thursday.   James Glueck, executive director with the Plant Based

Cash dairy prices were mostly up Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was up $0.0075 to $0.6950. Two sales were reported ranging from $0.6875 to $0.6950.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0150 to $1.5350.Ten sales were reported ranging from $1.4925 to $1.5425.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5475. No sales were reported. 

The U.S. Senate Ag Committee failed to advance its farm bill following its markup on Thursday, as lawmakers remain divided over changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In a

Old crop corn, cotton, and soybean export sales fell to marketing year lows during the week ending July 30th. That is not uncommon as all three of those commodities prepare

The policy organizer with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance (ISA) says the ongoing nationwide cyclospora outbreak is another example of consolidation being a detriment to agriculture. During a recent ISA webinar,

Weather extremes are influencing pest pressure across the Midwest. Iowa State University Extension entomologist Erin Hodgson calls growing conditions “erratic.” “We’ve had really wet, really dry. We’ve had hail and

The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee says the proposed changes to state cost sharing in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program remains the biggest sticking point as the

The vice president of Nebraska-based Moving Parts, LLC says the commodity market will soon get its first official look at the size of the current U.S. crop. Scott Custard says he

Ohio’s director of agriculture says a new center at the state fair is highlighting each sector of the industry. Brian Baldridge says the Ohio Agriculture Center is now open. “This

The USDA’s Under Secretary of Farm Production and Conservation confirms temporary service reductions are being considered at some Missouri Farm Service Agency offices as the agency evaluates staffing. Richard Fordyce