Articles by Steve Davies

As Congress gears up to write a new farm bill, many commodity groups are calling on lawmakers to raise reference prices to reflect soaring commodity prices and input costs.

The latest inflation numbers are casting new doubts on Democratic efforts to salvage President Biden’s climate agenda.

Corn and sorghum growers are making the case that newly proposed restrictions on atrazine use will lead to their practicing less conservation tillage, resulting in reduced carbon sequestration at a time American agriculture is trying to make inroads in the fight against climate change.

Major food distributor SYSCO is the latest company to sue the nation's four dominant beef companies, alleging they conspired to limit supplies and fix the prices of beef sold to the company.

The number of unfilled grain car orders shot up 231% during the second quarter of this year, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation analysis of government data.

Dicamba damage to soybeans, trees, ornamentals and other plants is back again this season, and a leading seed developer is asking growers to send proof.

A jury in Colorado has acquitted five poultry executives of price-fixing of broiler chicken products from 2012 through 2019.

Races in rural districts and major farm states could play a role in deciding control of Congress this fall.