In the future, eligibility to buy crop insurance might be tied to conservation compliance, a move that remains unpopular with many farmers.

No experience. No money. No consensus. That's how House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas summed up what lies ahead as another round of Farm Bill negotiations begin in earnest with congressional committees formalizing draft proposals in...

Even by the capricious standards of wheat yield forecasting, the recent Wheat Quality Council tour through Kansas and into neighboring states was marked by extreme variability and uncertainty.

Susie Magnuson was named the 2012 Outstanding CattleWoman of the Year by the American National CattleWomen Inc. (ANCW) at the Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Tampa, Fla.

May 23 is the deadline for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finish reviewing 800 submitted comments and release a final rule on mandatory country of origin labeling, which originated as part of the 2002 Farm Bill and has been embroiled in...

A snowy spring for some has left others out in the cold.

Erratic spring temperature swings with unseasonably low dips are giving farmers something to fret about this year, even as drought conditions slowly begin to ease across eastern parts of the Central Plains.

 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jim Carroll, Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs for Dairy Farmers of America, received the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s highly esteemed Meritorious...

Glen Roest goes the extra mile to promote pork. Over the past 13 years, he has driven nearly half a million miles from coast to coast in a National Pork Board-sponsored semi-truck, which serves as a massive roving billboard on wheels.

For his innovative management practices, John Hughes, a prominent rancher from Bartlesville, Okla., has received awards from the Society for Range Management, the animal science department at Oklahoma State University and others. Topping them all...

Expanding evidence of freeze damage is showing up in wheat fields across the Central Plains, as erratic spring weather continues to bring repeated rounds of sudden cold snaps to plants already stressed by drought.