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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has announced an investment of $72.9 million through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP).

Organic farmers could have more political sway in Farm Bill negotiations, and Federal Milk Marketing Order hearings begin.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an investment of over $12.5 million.

Over $00,000 went to 28 projects around Iowa.

Fresh off the heels of a nearly $266 million renewable energy announcement from USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is urging a hands-off approach by those outside the department looking to tweak the agency’s funding pools.

A launch to send the Space Development Agency's second Tranche 0 mission into orbit is scheduled to take place this Thursday, Aug. 31, at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Farmland values rose slightly year-over-year and from the first to the second quarter of 2023 in the Seventh Federal Reserve District, according to a survey.

The USDA says America’s all-wheat exports are projected to be 700 million bushels, the lowest since 1971-72, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announces dispute settlement panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, after Mexico ban on biotech corn.

USDA is taking a less is more approach when it comes to ensuring school meals are properly administered and managed by backing off the frequency of reviews and streamlining monitoring requirements, according to a final rule on program integrity published last week.

The Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) were put into place in the 1930s. Needless to say, the dairy industry has changed a lot since then, and the FMMOs likely don’t