Articles by Noah Wicks

Farm bankruptcies have increased 8% over the last 12 months, but filings have slowed over the last 6 months as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the U.S. economy, a new American Farm Bureau Federation Market Intel report says.

The House Appropriations Committee has approved $69.5 million to be put toward researching and preventing the spread of Huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease, in the United States.

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced Monday that it is placing sanctions on three produce businesses for “failing to meet their contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the PACA (Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act).”

USDA announced Monday it has made several changes to its Farmers.gov website to “help facilitate” employment of temporary agricultural workers.

China imported 11.16 million tons of soybeans in June, according to Chinese customs data, likely to feed the nation’s hog herd after recovering from the effects of African Swine Fever.

USDA will execute a third round of its Farmers to Families Food Box Program from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31.

A report published last Friday from data analytics company IRI found that the growth of plant-based meat alternatives dropped from 79% at the end of April to 57% at the end of May, just as availability of beef and pork also dropped due to meatpacking shutdowns and slowdowns.

A new report from Rabobank found that consumption of table grapes has grown or stabilized through the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Montana GOP Sen. Steve Daines is struggling to lock up a second term in a race that could shift the policy focus of a major farm-state seat and help determine control of the Senate.

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced Monday that they have teamed up to create a new initiative to control the spread of African Swine Fever.