On Sunday, the USDA confirmed a case of avian influenza in a non-poultry, non-commercial flock in Knox County, Maine. The surrounding area has been quarantined, and the birds have been … Read More

To increase healthier outcomes for communities, SNAP Education at University of Illinois Extension will host two separate regional Illinois Hunger and Health Conferences to catalyze collaboration among local, public and … Read More

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley arrived in Dubai Feb. 15 to launch USDA’s first trade mission since November 2019. Whitley is kicking off the trade mission for Secretary of … Read More

A new temporary visa program for workers from El Salvador will provide a welcome labor pool for Illinois farms this year. Thanks to a 2020 agreement between the United States … Read More

During Sunday’s showing of America’s biggest football game, Monroe Countians were greeted with a familiar face asking viewers to imagine a future where plastics are not made from petroleum, but … Read More

Carbon pipeline companies looking to take carbon emissions from ethanol plants and pipe liquid carbon through multiple states are starting to face more organized landowner resistance. (DTN)

To better understand the media coverage about soil conservation practices, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison used advanced data science methods to collect and analyze online stories about soil conservation … Read More

Wholesale inflation in the U.S. surged again last month, rising 9.7% from a year earlier, in a sign that price pressures remain high at all levels of the economy. (CBS … Read More

On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced the expansion of wild bird surveillance for avian influenza (bird flu) to include the Mississippi … Read More

Tired of paying higher prices for groceries? Don’t expect your weekly bill to get any cheaper. Prices for grains look set to climb even more if Russia invades Ukraine. (MarketWatch) … Read More