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The Almond Board of California is praising the United Kingdom’s announcement that it will suspend tariffs on raw kernel and in-shell almonds, and Americas trade deficit reached $68.9 billion, the highest disparity in almost a year.

Impacting birds and cattle across the country, the CDC notified doctors and farms of the potentially deadly influenza strain

As producers ready their equipment in anticipation of spring planting – some have already begun in limited areas – they’re looking at a corn market that has been stagnant and

USDA continued to lower its price estimates for the 2023 harvest despite lower forecasts for U.S. and world supplies for some commodities.

Packaged foods major Kraft Heinz Co.'s Lunchables lunch kits that are part of the school lunch program contain high level of lead and sodium, according to advocacy group Consumer Reports or CR.

Lunchables should be banned from school lunchrooms, according to Consumer Reports. The advocacy non-profit is petitioning the USDA on grounds that the sodium count is simply too high for tykes, among other safety concerns.

Lunchables - the iconic kids' meal kits, often served in school cafeterias - contained elevated levels of highly poisonous metals like lead and cadmium, a new report claims.

Some Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling for increasing premium subsidies for crop insurance policies that will cover up to 85% of a farmer’s revenue risk without jeopardizing their eligibility for farm bill commodity programs.

Shockingly enough, the kits which were being served in schools contained even higher levels of sodium