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The Food and Drug Administration is facing a change in leadership with major implications for animal agriculture: Steven Solomon is retiring at the end of the year as director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine.

Key U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to probe the announced merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons.

Drought has spread into regions this fall essential to the Biden administration’s plans to boost wheat production through double cropping, but many farmers who follow the practice in their normal rotations haven’t strayed from their plans to sow winter wheat this fall.

Panel members appointed to evaluate the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods programs have their work cut out for them as they craft recommendations for FDA leadership.

Haiti has remained a major customer of U.S. rice through decades of turmoil, but that has come to an end. The implosion of the country that has descended into the chaos of gang rule and disease outbreak has made it impossible for U.S. exporters to keep supplying the country even in its time of most dire need.

Even as the Federal Reserve struggles to get inflation under control, the agriculture and energy sectors “have gained unexpected levels of pricing power” due to lingering global supply challenges, according to a quarterly report from CoBank.

Two major players in the discussion over reform of the Federal Milk Marketing Order system have come to an agreement on the need for updates, but specifics are yet to be determined.

USDA is opening signup for the Dairy Margin Coverage program even as producers are seeing their first payments from DMC for this year.