U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an online portal to begin accepting applications for Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program … Read More

The Illinois General Assembly has approved a fiscal year 2021 budget that does include some agriculture related provisions. Kevin Semlow, Director of State Legislation for Illinois Farm Bureau, says legislators … Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision Wednesday vacating the registrations of three dicamba herbicides, XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF) and FeXapan (Corteva). The ruling does … Read More

Commerce Department figures due out this morning are expected to show that U.S. exports and imports plunged in April, the first full month of government-ordered business closures that have led … Read More

The CEO of Pilgrim’s Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. (ABC News)

The CDC published COVID-19 guidance for agricultural workers and employers. Read it on our USDA page.

While the pandemic has changed myriad aspects of American life in ways we are still starting to see, none may be as pervasive as the new ways we shop and … Read More

A report from Euromonitor International reveals that the food and nonalcoholic beverage industry may be the only category to show growth this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. (Forbes)

Tyson Foods said Tuesday that 815 workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at two of its meat processing plants in western Iowa. (Des Moines Register)

Delivery services like Amazon, Instacart and Shipt say they have scaled back services in cities including Chicago amid ongoing unrest and looting. (Chicago Tribune)