Agriculture News

Warmer temperatures and dry skies across growing areas of the U.S. have allowed farmers to make huge gains in seeding activities -- although the haste to plant may not necessarily produce the best crop.

As Americans prepare for Memorial Day-the official kickoff to a summer grilling season of burgers and T-bones-rising beef prices have some consumers balking in the grocery aisles.

Nearby U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday for the first time in seven sessions and spot corn futures eased after two days of gains as investors squared positions ahead of the three-day U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Crude oil ended the week down 2 percent as traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program.

The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance.

Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlour, oil and lubricant for repair work and a 6-foot-deep manure pond in which you could drown.

Inmates at West Virginia's minimum- and medium-security prisons will soon sow seeds and tend plants as part of an initiative to grow produce for the state's largest food bank.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey says growers are hopeful for a bountiful crop of spring produce that could begin showing up at farmers markets soon.

The June issue of The Oprah Magazine includes an article with details on Oprah Winfrey's new farm in Hawaii.

With the explosive Internet viral hit, "I'm Farming and I Grow It," the Peterson Brothers lip-synced their way in to the hearts of Americans and have become national agricultural advocates for the new online generation of farming and its progressive practices.

Canada said Thursday that it is considering retaliatory measures against the United States in a dispute over meat-labeling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.

Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday.

Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next week.

The amendment by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders tried to clarify that states can require the labels.

DE QUEEN, AR - Heavy rain and high winds brought by recent storms did some damage to the Arkansas corn, winter wheat and hay crops.

Cody Carlson had no way of preparing for this moment. He was a Manhattan kid, days removed from working as an analyst for a business-intelligence firm, where he scrutinized corporations and their executives.

The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror.

Researchers led by the University of Leeds and the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in the Netherlands found evidence of dramatic reductions in the diversity of species in Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands between the 1950s and 1980s.

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.

The current food stamp program is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited as long as recipients qualify.