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Americans chewed down July butter and cheese inventories. The Agriculture Department’s latest Cold Storage report shows butter holdings on July 31 at 331.6 million pounds, down a bullish 18.2 million

Deep in the West, under a secret rock, in a cool stream, lies a prize worth finding. Anglers of all levels are invited to participate in the Western Native Trout Challenge and put the lure of the West on their bucket list.

Rushmore and Goodhue County among 139 investments announced Monday.

Register today for this Aug. 31 webinar on, "The Soy Checkoff – Building a Stronger Bottom Line for U.S. Soybean Farmers" with Meagan Kaiser, USB chairwoman and Missouri soybean farmer, and Steve Reinhard, USB vice chairman and Ohio soybean farmer. 

Projects that make specialty crop products more competitive and create new markets for producers of the crops are targeted by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture in awarding the grants.

The food we grow and the food we eat are important to living a healthy life.

"When girls reach 28 years of age, they begin to panic, they are worried if they will ever get married."

Agri-Pulse is a trusted source in Washington, D.C., with the largest editorial team focused on food, fuel, fiber and farm policy coverage. Agri-Pulse presents a balanced perspective on a wide variety of issues.

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images Returning to society after spending time incarcerated is difficult. For many people, like Altimont Mark Wilks, the government makes it even harder by creating new ways to punish them permanently, even after they complete their sentence.Altimont owns Carmen’s Corner Store in Hagerstown, Maryland, a community where about 20 percent of people rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy their grocer...

WASHINGTON — The USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced it is updating the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) payment rate to support livestock producers in the Midwest who have lost cattle to the extreme heat and humidity experienced this summer. To help indemnify ranchers to reflect a trend toward higher cattle weights in feedlots, the 2023 LIP payment rate for beef calves over 800 pounds will increase from $1,244 per head to $1,618, an increase of $374.