A group of lawmakers is pressing the USDA for answers on its loan and grant oversight practices after a recent recipient, Pure Prairie Poultry, abruptly closed. Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden tells Brownfield the letter he and eight other members of the U.S. House and Senate sent to USDA was the first step. “The House Agriculture Committee […]
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President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins of Texas to serve as the 33rd US Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins was
A market development agronomist at WinField United says growers should use a whole-acre approach to maximize their yield potential in the
A government program, a non-profit group, and local farmers are teaming up to help those less fortunate this Thanksgiving. Brian DeSmet,
The President of the California Poultry Federation is concerned about the speed highly pathogenic avian influenza is spreading in his state.
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying but posted a week-to-week decline. Beans continue to monitor the generally favorable
Dec. corn closed at $4.25 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.83 and 1/2, up 5 and
A farm labor specialist is analyzing how the USDA conducts its Farm Labor Survey and how farmers using the H-2A guest
Pictured: Wyffels Hybrids agronomy manager Eric Wilson at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An agronomy
U.S. chicken egg production saw a year-to-year decline in October. The USDA says the monthly total of 9.192 billion eggs was
