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Registration is now open for the 2024 convention, with the theme "New Frontiers."

The new Farms and Ranches at a Glance Report shows U.S. farming is still a family business.

USDA research shows climate change may increase the insect population posing a threat to specialty crops, and new data shows H-2A usage reached new highs in fiscal year 2023 despite an increase in the Adverse Effect Wage Rate.

The USDA says farmers who hire H-2A laborers next year will be paying higher wages, and in some cases, the increase is large.

A coalition of biofuels groups is pushing back at a federal appeals court ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals last week vacated multiple denials of small refinery exemption requests from the biofuel blending mandates, ruling that the agency had used an “impermissibly retroactive” standard.

It’s safe to say that food is one of the most important things to focus on for your Thanksgiving budget. Here’s a look at what the cost of a Thanksgiving meal is looking like this year.

A 10-person classic Thanksgiving dinner at home costs an average of $61.17 this year.

In spirit of the food-centric holiday, let’s hear from the American Farm Bureau Federation. AFBF released its 2023 Thanksgiving Dinner cost Survey. Veronica Nigh, an economist with the American Farm Bureau, says a Thanksgiving meal might be a little cheaper this year.

In 2022, American farmers produced more that 1.6 billion pounds of pumpkins according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. More than just being a whole lot of pumpkin pie, it was valued at over $272 million dollars

In 2022, farmers in the United States produced 210 million turkeys. That’s valued at $7.1 billion.