The Center for Digital Agriculture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a $20 million grant to develop a new Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and … Read More

Last week, and six months into the coronavirus pandemic, the federal worker safety agency issued its first Covid-19-related citations in the meatpacking industry, where the United Food and Commercial Workers … Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it’s setting aside more than half a billion dollars for fishermen hurt by tariffs associated with the U.S.-China trade war. Some Alaskans are applauding … Read More

The Trump administration has denied retroactive biofuel blending waivers that would have exempted oil refiners from requirements to blend biofuels into their fuel mix, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said … Read More

E-commerce giants are enacting new restrictions on the sale of seeds, but the moves are unlikely to eliminate the tactics government officials and industry experts suspect are behind the mystery … Read More

Maine lobster fishermen are about to get a $50 million federal bailout to offset the crippling impact of the United States-China trade war. (Portland Press Herald)  

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new online resources to conduct businesses with Illinois farmers. (WICS)  

Global soybean demand has been robust recently, with new American crop sales at record levels, said Jim Sutter, CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council. (CNBC)

Germany confirmed on Thursday that African swine fever (ASF) had been found in a dead wild boar near its border with Poland, threatening pork exports to China from Europe’s biggest … Read More

Public health experts agree that agricultural operations urgently need widespread testing. But the logistics are complicated, the rules can feel onerous, and resistance has come from unlikely places. (The Counter)