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The USDA’s decision to open the tightly-controlled U.S. sugar market to more foreign sugar comes as a relief for bakers and food manufacturers.

More than 140 members of Congress are calling on the Department of Agriculture to offer “swift assistance for cattle producers” with some of the $9.5 billion authorized to assist farmers and ranchers hit by the effects of the coronavirus.

Agri-Pulse Executive Editor Philip Brasher appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal Wednesday, April 1, to discuss the coronavirus and its impact on the American food supply chain. 

The risk of being a victim of COVID-19 is scary, it’s unnerving and in some cases, it’s life threatening. But grocers and other food retailers across the country want you to know: They have your backs.

Drivers may be in short supply this spring without regulatory relief from the states and federal government, industry groups and some farmers are saying.

A recent State Department move is expected to speed approval of farmworkers seeking to enter the country, but observers of the process are still keeping a watchful eye on many parts of the H-2A program.

During the first week of March, the produce industry watched sales stay pretty much in line with prior year – then everything changed dramatically.

After months of uncertainty, DFA emerged as the winning bidder for a substantial portion of Dean Foods.

Producers are expected to plant 7.29 million more corn acres, 7.6 million more soybean acres, and 451,000 fewer wheat acres this year, according to USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released Tuesday.

The annual World Pork Expo has been canceled for the second year in a row over disease concerns, this time due to the coronavirus outbreak.