Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will make a stop at Minnesota Farmfest this year to participate in the House Agriculture Committee’s listening session on the farm economy. Read More »

United Fresh’s fifth annual BrandStorm™ will take place in Austin, TX after four consecutive years in San Francisco, CA. Read More »

“Dairy farmers have been struggling with low milk prices and other challenges for the past several years and we are losing dairy farms at the rate of one a week,” says Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “Now potential help is available from the USDA in the form of the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.” Read More »

Recently, the Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commissions ex officio committee confirmed appointments to several commodity commissions. Read More »

Patsie T. Cannon received the 2019 Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Commodity Award during the GFB Commodity Conference held Aug. 8 at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus. Read More »

The Maryland Department of Agriculture—in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources—will treat a targeted area of the Potomac River in Washington County to control black fly populations in the area. Read More »

Sixteen horses have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and one has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) since June 5, 2019. Read More »

Lauren Bright, a 13-year Alfa Insurance veteran, joined the Alabama Farmers Federation as Alfa Health manager in August. Read More »

Alabama growers and handlers of organic agricultural products can recover part of the cost associated with their USDA certification. Read More »

Members of the LDAF Weights and Measures Division were on hand to officially weigh and measure the circumference of the fruit which weighed in at 7 pounds 14.64 ounces and measured 28.75 inches. Read More »

Eric and Megan Scheller of Vanderburgh County and Aaron and Lacey Sheller of Hamilton County are the winners of two of Indiana Farm Bureau’s top awards for Young Farmers & Ag Professionals in 2019, the Excellence in Agriculture Award and the Achievement Award. Read More »

Winners in the 44thannual Heritage Cooking Contest are, from left: first place, Barbara Whatley, Lee County; second place, Elizabeth Usery, Geneva County; and third place, Shirley Lumsden, Cherokee County. Read More »

Introduced more than four decades ago, Wisconsin farmers David Kruschke and Carl Casper credit their long-time involvement in Wisconsin Farm Bureau with cementing their friendship. Read More »

Repeal of the 2015 Waters of the United States rule is a victory for clean water and clear rules, according to the Arkansas Farm Bureau. Read More »

Mark November 30th, it's definitely a Date to Save! Read More »

Farmers and ranchers are being denied due process as part of an abuse of discretion by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, according to a scathing ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Read More »

The Alabama Hemp program launched in the beginning of 2019, after the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (i.e. Farm Bill) declassified hemp as a schedule 1 drug and deemed hemp as an agriculture commodity. Read More »

Chick-fil-A announced on Sept. 12 it has reached its goal to serve No Antibiotics Ever (also known as “NAE”) chicken in its more than 2,400 restaurants in the United States. Read More »

The Florida Forest Service is urging Floridians to exercise caution as record high temperatures and dry conditions are expected to continue throughout the state, elevating the fire danger level. Read More »

Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is pleased to see an agreement to protect the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). Read More »