USDA Restores Some Climate-Related Webpages After Farmer Lawsuit May 14, 2025 By Leah Douglas The U.S. Department of Agriculture restored on May 13 some climate change-related webpages that the agency had deleted since President...
Texas Farmers Look to New Congress to Update Crucial Farm Bill January 9, 2025 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune Texas farmers tepidly celebrated last month after Congress barely managed to extend a package of laws meant to aid the...
A Look at the $100B Disaster Relief in the Government Spending Bill December 27, 2024 By Rebecca Santana and Travis Loller Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after this...
Flooded Farms, Fouled Rivers, Dozens Dead: Helene’s Rising Toll October 2, 2024 By Ilena Peng, Gerson Freitas Jr., Ari Natter and Josh Saul As historic floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Helene recede across the US Southeast, the region faces a humanitarian, economic and ecological...
US Farmers Opt for Soy to Limit Losses as All Crop Prices Slump June 4, 2024 By Karl Plume Mark Tuttle planted more soy and less corn on his northern Illinois farm this spring as prices for both crops...
US Court Cancels Approvals for Widely Used Dicamba Weedkillers February 8, 2024 By Tom Polansek A U.S. court has nullified the government’s latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling...
EU Recommends Ambitious 2040 Climate Target, Goes Light on Farming February 6, 2024 By Kate Abnett The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, an ambitious...
French Farmers Head Home but Anger Spreads Elsewhere in Europe February 2, 2024 By Charlotte Van Campenhout Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday, whilst...
Federal Crop Insurance Provides Billions in Profit for Insurers, Says USDA December 5, 2023 By Leah Douglas Roughly one-third of U.S. government spending to insure the nation’s crops since 2011 has gone to insurance companies that derive...
US Corn Harvest Is in Trouble August 25, 2023 By Tarso Veloso, Millie Munshi and Michael Hirtzer Sagging ears just short of maturity, cobs half bare of kernels as if nibbled, earth so dry that deep cracks...