Whether current spring conditions have a number of tractors parked or in fields, it's going to be a fast-paced planting season this spring. While the planting season can seem routine, the ag industry ...

MAY 7, 2024: For the week ending May 5, 2024, there were 2.1 days suitable for fieldwork in South Dakota, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies ra...

U.S. pork exports in March were steady with last year's volume and edged higher in value. Pork exports totaled 260,430 metric tons in March, up 0.1 percent from a year ago, valued at $740.8 million. T...

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - Michael Blowen can step outside his house anytime and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago. The farm ...

Leaders of the U.S. ethanol industry are seeking to intervene in a legal challenge of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation, which effectively bans the use of renewable, crop-based biofuels like corn ethan...

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is participating in Ag on the Mall at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., May 6-8, 2024. Themed the Future of Food and Farming, Ag on the Mall celebra...

South Dakota is home to nearly 14,000 beef farms and ranches caring for 3.5 million head of cattle, outnumbering state residents 4.2 to 1. May is Beef Month, and the South Dakota Beef Industry Council...

U.S. ag groups are reacting to the House and Senate Ag Committee leaders who released their farm bill overviews. "We are very pleased with the Farm Bill framework from House Ag Chair GT Thompson,...

Just hours after House Ag Committee Chair GT Thompson (R-PA) released his farm bill overview, Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act. The act contai...

The agricultural economy has faced some challenges during the past year, with increased interest rates and decreased commodity prices. However, farmers are the eternal optimists. Farmers National Comp...