The U.S. Senate has confirmed two USDA appointments amid the government shutdown. Devon Westhill is the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights. Michael Boren is the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the USDA. In a statement on X, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins praised the confirmations. She said “the team is coming […]
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The president of Iowa Farm Bureau is pointing blame at the Trump administration for the recent collapse in cattle markets. Brent
Some in the poultry industry are using lasers to keep wild birds away from farm sites. University of Minnesota Extension Agricultural
Soybeans were mostly modestly lower on spread trade and profit taking. Soybeans continued to get ready for Thursday’s face-to-face meeting between
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher, buying back part of the recent losses, with
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A farm organization is trying to find out what the Farm Service Agency’s limitations are during the government shutdown. American Farm
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