Articles by Steve Davies

Agricultural lenders should design their loan programs to encourage farmers' adoption of farming practices resilient to the impacts of climate change, the Environmental Defense Fund says in a new report.

After weeks of talks, Brazilian and U.S. negotiators have a tentative deal to extend Brazil’s tariff rate quota for U.S. ethanol by 90 days to give both countries more time to hammer out a more permanent agreement on trade.

The Environmental Protection Agency is releasing a slew of documents today related to pesticide registrations.

“Exceptional growing conditions” for almonds will allow the 2020/21 crop to reach 3 billion pounds this year, which will drop prices to historical lows, according to a new report from RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness.

Many in the hemp industry are worried a new Drug Enforcement Administration rule will make processors vulnerable to enforcement under the Controlled Substances Act, and some are looking at filing a lawsuit to challenge it.

The corn market has been slow to react to China’s increase in purchases from the U.S. and to the destructive derecho that swept across Iowa, a new report from RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness says.

The impasse over coronavirus relief continues on Capitol Hill. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson doesn’t think a deal is going to be reached this month, but he tells Agri-Pulse he’s watching to see if some ag provisions could be included in a continuing resolution that will be needed to keep the government running after the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1.

The conventions are now over, and one thing seems pretty clear: Two or three battleground Midwest states could decide the presidential election.

The multibillion-dollar settlement Bayer announced in June to resolve thousands of Roundup cancer cases is stalled, lawyers said Thursday during a status conference before a federal judge.