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USDA, DOJ Partner to Safeguard Competition in Farm Supply Markets
Southeast Regional Ag News
The agencies’ new agreement aims to strengthen oversight of seed, fertilizer, and other inputs, helping ease pressures on family farmers.
DOJ and USDA Join Forces to Boost Fair Competition in Agriculture
California Ag Today
A new partnership between the Justice Department and USDA targets rising input costs and market consolidation to protect farmers, ranchers, and consumers.
Free Seeds Available to Help California Almond Growers Support Pollinators
California Ag Today
A new program offers almond growers free habitat seed to boost monarch butterflies, bees, and other pollinators essential to California agriculture.
Cleaning up ring rot
Idaho Ag Today
University of Idaho Extension has published a bulletin to help potato farmers recognize the symptoms of bacterial rot and protect their operations ring rot.
Farm Costs Stay High: Why the Fed’s September Meeting Matters
Southeast Regional Ag News
Even with a slight dip in 2024 spending, rising interest, weak exports, and lower crop prices keep pressure on producers.
Costs Keep Climbing: Farmers Face Rising Interest, Lower Prices
California Ag Today
Even with slightly lower overall expenses in 2024, producers across California and the U.S. are still feeling the pinch of high input costs, rising interest rates, and falling commodity prices.
Tight Margins Persist as Southeast Cotton Yields Drop
Southeast Regional Ag News
USDA reports show lower cotton yields, higher sugar supplies, and rising input prices.
California Apple Harvest Begins and No NEPA Analytics for GE Seeds
The Agribusiness Update
Harvest of Gala apples has started in California’s Central Valley, and USDA’s APHIS announced it will no longer conduct a National Environmental Policy Act analysis when approving genetically engineered seeds.
Tropical Spiderwort Worries and No NEPA Analytics for GE Seeds
The Agribusiness Update
An invasive plant has reappeared in the Southeast, and farmers are warned to be on the lookout for tropical spiderwort, and USDA’s APHIS announced it will no longer conduct a National Environmental Policy Act analysis when approving genetically engineered seeds.
University of Florida Sends Seeds to Space and U.S.-E.U. Reach Trade Agreement
The Agribusiness Update
University of Florida researchers sent seeds to the International Space Station yesterday, and the U.S. and the European Union agreed to a trade deal following negotiations between President Trump and European Commission President von der Leyen.
Low interest loans
Idaho Ag Today
Idaho farmers, ranchers encouraged to apply for low-interest
loans from the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Read More 2025 Idaho safflower planting
Idaho Ag Today
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service projects Idaho’s planted potato acres total 315,000 this year, the same as last year.
Idaho potato crop
Idaho Ag Today
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service projects Idaho’s planted potato acres total 315,000 this year, the same as last year.
Mild Habaneros Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
This may seem unusual for the Fruit Grower Report, but today we’re talking about peppers, specifically a new breed of Mild Habaneros created by breeders at Oregon State University.
Mild Habaneros Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
This may seem unusual for the Fruit Grower Report, but today we’re talking about peppers, specifically a new breed of Mild Habaneros created by breeders at Oregon State University.
Seed count
Idaho Ag Today
Where do the seeds you plant on your farm or garden come from? Why does it matter?
Disease Super Locus
Farm of the Future
One example of how gene editing could help lead to better tools for farmers.