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Mexico to open sterile fly plant to combat screwworm in 2026

Jul. 7, 2025 at 4:54 pm CDT

Mexico's government said on Monday that it has started to build a $51 million (C$69.8 million) facility in the country's south as part of an effort to combat screwworm, a pest that has disrupted Mexican exports of cattle to the United States.

South Dakota, Ohio corn crops found better than 3-year average, tour finds

Aug. 20, 2024 at 8:38 am CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Karen Braun Reuters

US to clarify enforcement of antitrust laws in meatpacking

Jun. 25, 2024 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

US to provide nearly $200 million to contain bird flu spread on dairy farms

May. 10, 2024 at 1:04 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

U.S. pulse area to rise in 2024

Apr. 2, 2024 at 2:29 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish USDA report lifts grain markets

Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:23 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The bulls were off and running Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly supply/demand estimates, which showed underwhelming grain production and ending stock figures for the 2022-23 marketing year. U.S. corn production was estimated at 13.73 billion bushels, 192 million below the lower end […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Nutrien sees big corn comeback in 2020, following U.S. floods

Jul. 30, 2019 at 12:23 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters – Fertilizer producer and farm supply dealer Nutrien Ltd expects U.S. farmers to plant as many as 95 million acres (38.5 million hectares) of corn next year, the most in seven years, after a frustrating year of floods, its chief executive said. The wet conditions left millions […]

By Rod Nickel

Trump leaning toward Georgia ex-governor to lead USDA

Jan. 3, 2017 at 8:45 am CST

Washington | Reuters — Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s leading candidate to run the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a senior Trump transition team official said on Monday. Perdue, a Democrat-turned-Republican who founded a grain and fertilizer business, served on Trump’s agricultural advisory committee during […]

By Reuters

USDA sees bumper corn, soy crops despite floods

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:01 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean harvests were pegged above expectations this year as strong yields in areas west of the Mississippi River will make up for problems caused by excessive rains in eastern production states, the government said Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the 2015-16 […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. ag secretary orders update of agency’s animal welfare research strategy

Jan. 25, 2015 at 12:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed agency staff to create and deliver an updated animal welfare strategy plan within 60 days, according to an internal email reviewed by Reuters. The emailed memo from Chavonda Jacobs-Young, head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, […]

By P.J. Huffstutter