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China is on a corn-buying spree. USDA has announced large daily export sales for the 2020-21 marketing year on four of the five days this week, culminating with a sale of 800,000 metric tons to Chinese buyers on Friday.

The Almond Board of California hired Michael Roots and Bill Capsalis has been appointed executive director of Naturally Boulder.

USDA's NRCS is looking for new, innovative projects under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program related to climate smart agriculture and forestry.

Farmers face a bewildering set of choices and requirements as new carbon payment plans and markets are proliferating.

A new analysis of Department of Agriculture data shows the average price for beef in grocery store shopping carts hit an all-time high in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic reshaped consumer behavior and eating trends.

President Joe Biden will nominate Janie Simms Hipp, an agricultural law veteran and member of the Chickasaw Nation, to become the Agriculture Department’s general counsel, and USDA also announces new senior leadership positions.

The National 4-H Conference Center, one of the largest nonacademic youth education and conference facilities in America, is up for sale.

The USDA announced Tuesday a large export grain sale of 1.156 million metric tons of U.S. corn to China for delivery in the 2020-21 marketing year, showing that the massive Chinese demand so far in the 2020-21 marketing year continues to be robust.

The Farmers to Families Food Box program has played a valuable role in addressing the hunger crisis caused by the COVID pandemic, but it needs to be improved so farms of all sizes can take advantage of it and hungry Americans can obtain needed sustenance, witnesses told the House Agriculture Committee Thursday.