USDA Targets Cotton Exports With New Trade Incentives

California Ag Today
The Great American Cotton Plan aims to strengthen demand for U.S. cotton while expanding crop insurance options for growers in 2027.

More Options, More Markets? USDA Unveils Cotton Initiatives

Southeast Regional Ag News
Cotton producers could gain new flexibility in protecting their crops as USDA works to encourage overseas purchases.

New Georgia Electric Facility Opens and Ag Tractor and Combine Sales Down

The Agribusiness Update
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a historic $3.3 billion loan to Oglethorpe Power Corporation to help finance its Smarr Combined-Cycle electric generating facility in Georgia, and sales of agricultural tractors and combines declined in both the U.S. and Canada in September compared with the same month a year earlier.

Migration Season and Bird Flu Concerns

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Fall migration is underway and USDA is urging livestock and poultry producers to stay vigilant against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

Vilsack to Speak at Brooks Event and Ag Lending Continues to Grow

The Agribusiness Update
Former Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack will make a presentation at this year's D.W. Brooks Signature Event Nov. 19 at the University of Georgia, and Ag lending at commercial banks continued to grow during the second quarter.

Regenerative pilot program

Idaho Ag Today
At Agriculture Department regenerative pilot program has two focal points.

Could More Federal Grazing Be on the Horizon for California Ranchers?

California Ag Today
USDA is revisiting a directive aimed at restoring grazing capacity, and ranchers are being asked to explore what it could mean for their operations.

Need for More Guestworkers

Fruit Grower Report
It’s no secret that finding adequate, affordable ag labor is a huge challenge for farmers, especially in recent years.

Digital Acreage Reporting

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Digital crop acreage reporting has just gone national, rather than the way it used to be at FSA county offices.

Digital Crop Reporting

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Digital crop acreage reporting has just gone national, rather than the way it used to be at FSA county offices.

Cattle Concerns

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says she understands that concern over the Trump administration's efforts to reduce regulations and expand cattle markets.

Cheese Names Debate and USDA Aid to American Beef Herd

The Agribusiness Update
A dispute over cheese names has become a sticking point in U.S.-Mexico trade negotiations, and USDA is rolling out a broad package of programs aimed at rebuilding America’s beef herd and strengthening the nation’s cattle industry.

Ag Trade Deficit Down

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Despite controversy over the president’s trade policy, USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg says the administration’s overseas efforts are paying off for agriculture.

Canadians Pull Out of Talks and Argentinian Beef Imports

The Agribusiness Update
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called steep new U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of his country’s goods “a miscalculation” after trade talks with Canada collapsed, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association criticized a social media post by President Trump regarding beef imports.

Crop Insurance Extension

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency is giving farmers more time to pay their crop insurance premiums.

Support Farmers Markets and Net Income Higher

The Agribusiness Update
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is encouraging Americans to continue supporting local producers following National Farmers Market Week, and the Farm Credit System reports net income of $2.2 billion for the second quarter, up from $1.9 billion during the same period last year.

ASCF Deadline August 7

Fruit Grower Report
Attention specialty crop farmers: if your 2025 crops were impacted by input costs or natural disasters, TODAY is the deadline to finish your application for the USDA’s Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers program.

Animal Disease Lab Move, Federal Crop Insurance Changes

Line on Agriculture
The final days of the animal disease laboratory at Plum Island, New York will end soon as the transition continues into the new National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Kansa.

USDA makes changes to crop insurance.

AFBF on Farm Bill Markup and Farmers Spend More on Diesel

The Agribusiness Update
The American Farm Bureau Federation welcomed the release of Senate farm bill text and a scheduled markup by the Senate Ag Committee, and a new study found U.S. farmers spent $1.4 billion MORE on diesel fuel during the 2025–26 planting season than they did last season.

ASCF Deadline

Fruit Grower Report
USDA is reminding agricultural producers affected by rising production costs that the deadline to apply for key financial assistance programs is fast approaching.