Articles by Sara Wyant

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese unveiled a new report that blamed consolidation in the beef, pork and poultry sectors for higher grocery store bills and unveiled new actions to address the situation.

In response to growing concerns about COVID-19, more than 30 state and national agricultural organizations representing farm, commodity and agribusiness communities joined together to promote vaccination among farmers and other rural Americans.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is investing up to $50 million nationally in cooperative agreements to support historically underserved farmers and ranchers with climate-smart agriculture and forestry projects.

Agri-Pulse is hosing a free webinar, “Future directions: Exploring farmers' climate-smart tools,” on September 10, 2021, at 11 a.m. CT. This event is sponsored by the Water Grows Initiative.

New investors are backing a West Sacramento firm that uses DNA sequencing and ecological computing technologies to help farmers and companies analyze the microbiomes in their soil to make more sustainable and economical choices.

Sustainable Solutions for Zero Hunger by 2030: A Vision for Animal Agriculture, scheduled virtually for 12-5 p.m. ET on September 14, 2021. Presented in partnership with Elanco and Agri-Pulse the event will bring together key leaders across the animal protein food chain from around the world to discuss the next steps of food production’s sustainable transformation, its ability to fight hunger and its durability against shocks.

After weeks of negotiations, the Senate moved quickly this week to pass a bipartisan infrastructure package Tuesday that was quickly followed by a party line vote early Wednesday morning to advance a $3.5 trillion budget framework.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers says Dennis Slater will retire as the president of the organization at the end of the year.

Food prices are expected to continue rising this year before declining to more normal levels in 2022, according to USDA's latest outlook.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court’s summary judgement in favor of the beef checkoff.