Author: Kevin

After years of relentless lobbying by America’s farm groups, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA-15) unveiled sweeping legislation Tuesday to overhaul the nation’s agricultural guestworker system for the first time in four decades. The proposal—already

On a Tuesday drive from Fort Wayne to Lafayette to just past Champaign, Illinois Kent Stickler took a good look at farm fields along the way, and he liked what he saw. Stickler is an Indiana district

President Trump’s emergency executive order temporarily lifting import tariffs on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer was intended to throw a lifeline to American growers. But while farm groups have welcomed the immediate relief, one fertilizer expert warns that the

Grain and oilseed futures rallied on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its highly anticipated Quarterly Stocks and Planted Acreage reports. The data defied widespread fears of an aggressively bearish outlook, prompting a wave

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized registrations for a slate of new crop protection products on Tuesday, delivering a major victory to U.S. farmers and the agricultural industry as growers prepare for the 2027 growing season. The

President Trump signed an emergency executive order Monday temporarily lifting import tariffs on phosphate fertilizer from Morocco, pivoting to a major foreign supplier to rescue American farmers reeling from skyrocketing costs and global supply shocks. The proclamation

As fireworks prepare to light the skies over America for the nation’s 250th birthday, another symbol of patriotism is once again capturing attention—this one powered not by gunpowder, but by diesel. Fifty years after a stars-and-stripes tractor

A massive and stubborn atmospheric heat dome has settled over the nation’s midsection, threatening to push heat indices well into the triple digits and prompting agricultural experts to warn of severe risks to regional livestock and stored

A team of Purdue University scientists has uncovered a hidden genetic switch that could reshape the future of soybean production in the United States. By revealing—and ultimately controlling—the plant’s own biological “accelerator pedal” for nitrogen fixation, the

The Trump Administration is opening a new door for dairy producers struggling to find enough workers. New guidance from the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor clarifies that dairy operations may now qualify to use the H-2A