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Roughly 25,000 dock workers went on strike early Tuesday morning leaving ports stretching from Maine to Texas unable to move containers of poultry, soybeans, animal feed, cotton, meats, bananas and other agricultural products onto and off of ships. 

The 2018 farm bill, which was extended last year until Sept. 30, 2024, has now expired once again. What does that mean for major farm and nutrition programs?

In this joint opinion piece, Kip Tom and Nicole Montna Van Vleck, chair and vice chair of U.S. Agriculture Partnership Fund's board of directors, highlight local ballot issues that could have far-reaching, negative impacts on agriculture. 

The value of U.S. agricultural exports over the past four years is 28.5% higher than when Joe Biden became president, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and USDA announced Monday. 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he used the G7 ag ministers meeting last week to press his counterparts on several concerns for U.S. producers.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Saturday that the Biden administration has no plans to intervene to stop a dockworker strike. He also told reporters lawmakers need to “get practical” in their farm bill negotiations.