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Soybean growers are criticizing what they call “unwarranted restrictions” on the use of a newly approved glufosinate product to protect endangered species. 

Kenneth Bader, longtime head of the American Soybean Association, died Saturday in Chesterfield, Missouri. He was 90.

A Wisconsin poultry grower who contracted with Pure Prairie Poultry tells Agri-Pulse to expect lawsuits to be filed today over the company’s closure. The shutdown has resulted in roughly 2 million chickens left without fed and growers without a processor able to take them.

Donald Trump sees tariffs as a way to force companies to keep manufacturing in the U.S. But as the presidential campaign nears its conclusion, some people are questioning his authority to impose widespread duties on imported goods.

Government-run “wellness stores,” modernized irrigation systems, and programs to expand production of beans, rice and white corn are among a slate of policies unveiled Tuesday by Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. 

A train derailment south of Eagle Pass, Texas, is further complicating congestion challenges for agricultural shippers trying to send goods to Mexico.  

A new trade war with China could result in deep cuts to U.S. corn and soybean exports, according to a study commissioned by trade groups representing the two commodities.

Food insecurity in Cuba is growing even as its crop production has steadily declined, due in part to hurricanes, flooding and drought, making the country more reliant on imports, according to a study by USDA’s Economic Research Service.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is up to 11,709 full-time staff, a level not seen in over a decade, amid its efforts to roll out $19.5 billion in additional conservation funding provided through the Inflation Reduction Act.

Corn and soybean prices fell Friday following USDA’s release of its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which projects a record soybean crop and “smaller supplies, larger exports, and reduced ending stocks” for corn.