Daniel Enoch

Syngenta announced today an agreement with Gavilon Grain LLC by which Gavilon will provide marketing assistance to farmers who choose to plant Syngenta’s Agrisure Duracade, a corn seed with corn rootworm (CRW) control technology that has been approved in the U.S.

In its first forecasts for 2014, USDA is projecting record corn and soybean crops and slightly smaller wheat production, with lower prices for all three commodities. Here is the summary for the major crops.

The USDA’s top economist said he’s optimist about the long-term outlook for U.S. farmers despite challenges in 2014 posed by the lowest commodity prices in years.

President Obama today will sign an executive order aimed at streamlining the export and import process for U.S. businesses, the White House said.

WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 14, 2014: The total value of U.S. field crops fell almost 10 percent in 2013 as bumper harvests of major commodities such as corn and soybeans drove prices down, USDA said today in an annual report.

Countries around the globe must increase investment in agricultural research and irrigation and improve farm-management practices to feed a world population that’s expected to swell by 2 billion people

U.S. net farm income should remain historically high over much of the next decade based on strong overseas demand for agricultural products, the USDA said today in its annual 10-year baseline projection.

NASHVILLE¸ Tenn., Feb. 6, 2014 -- Beef producers from the U.S., Australia, Canada and New Zealand issued a statement today expressing concern that some member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may seek to exclude some “sensitive products” from duty-free access.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has published a final rule amending import regulations for animals and animal products with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 12, 2014 -- Chick-fil-A said its nearly 1,800 restaurants will be serving chicken raised without antibiotics within the next five years.