USDA is planning a simplified aid program to give farmers some certainty heading into the 2026 planting season. As long as farmers have filed their 2025 planted acreage reports, they have to do little ...

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The Trump administration has been working overtime to portray itself as the savior of America’s farms and food security when, in fact, it’s become our food system’s greatest threat. The recent ...

Eligible farmers and ranchers are now invited to apply for specific disaster relief. Chad Smith has details. Smith: The American Relief Act, passed in late 2024, authorized the Supplemental Disaster ...

Across Tribal Nations, education has long been a foundation for community strength, cultural continuity, and self-determination. Today, as Native students pursue careers connected to agriculture, ...

Hickory Hill Dairy in Edgefield, South Carolina, was able to start bottling its milk after receiving a Value-Added Producer Grant from USDA. (Hickory Hill photo) When the Cordi family lost nearly 70% ...

Richard Fordyce, USDA Undersecretary for Food Production and Conservation, chats with Hoosier Ag Today’s Eric Pfeiffer during the NAFB Convention in Kansas City on Nov. 21, 2025. Photo: C.J. Miller / ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) remains one of the biggest citation magnets in scientific research, as highlighted by the latest Google Scholar metrics ranking. Here we look at some of the most highly ...

A white barn in a field in Mansfield, Ohio (Mark Stebnicki Photo). SALEM, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new $700 million program to help American farmers adopt practices that ...