Articles by Noah Wicks

Amid a slump in commodity markets, farmers report that they’re planning to cut back on corn and some other row crops this year.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has settled on a running mate and it turns out to be a California lawyer with a strong interest in regenerative agriculture. RFK Jr. has virtually no chance of winning the presidency, but polls show he could draw enough votes to be a factor in a close race between President Biden and former President Donald Trump.

A bipartisan group of senators is announcing a proposal today to expand Agriculture Department research on feed additives for reducing methane emissions from cattle.

Farm-state lawmakers guided more than $753 million in USDA funding into home state projects in this fiscal year’s $26.22 billion Agriculture appropriations bill through a system that allows them to direct money to research facilities, hospitals, community buildings and other pet programs.

Wisconsin Towns Association director Mike Koles had a clear message as he sat before a panel of House lawmakers last week: America’s rural roads, bridges and culverts are deteriorating.

Twenty-one state attorneys general are pressing House and Senate Ag Committee leaders to rewrite the farm bill’s hemp regulations, saying they have opened up a “massive gray market” for hemp-derived products as potent as cannabis.

Colombia is once again accepting U.S. exports of poultry and egg products after shutting off access to their market last summer due to concerns about Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

The meat and dairy industries are trying to assure the public beef and milk is safe, despite the finding of dairy cattle infected with avian flu in at least two states.

The government is now fully funded for fiscal 2024, with President Biden’s signing this weekend of the last of two spending packages.