Within the next 10 years, U.S. and Canadian grain exports could look very different from now. Stiff competition from other grain-producing countries and regions, such as Brazil, the area ar… Read More
21 August 1864
On this date in 1864…
General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry recapturedMemphis, Tennessee.
Other Years:
1680 – The Pueb… Read More
Alarming heat and humidity killed hundreds of cows in Iowa last month. These losses have further decreased the size of the overall U.S. cattle herd, which has shrunk to a more than 50-year l… Read More
Perched atop a fence at Badlands national park, Troy Heinert peered from beneath his wide-brimmed hat into a corral where 100 wild bison awaited transfer to the Rosebud Indian Reservation… Read More
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2022 – Representatives from 32 agribusiness and farm organizations will join Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh for an agribusiness trade mission to Nair… Read More
USDA Invests $1.4 Billion to Support Local Businesses, Create Good-Paying Jobs and Strengthen the Economy in Rural America
Investments support the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitm… Read More
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – More than 45 years after gray wolves were first listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Trump Administration and its many conservation partners ar… Read More
The crowd at Farm Aid’s 1985 concert.
Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, inspiring millions of people.
Farm Aid
The Beginning, September 22, 19… Read More
Serving healthy family meals doesn’t require a lot of effort, just a few fail-safe dinner recipes like our lighter chicken pie or green vegetable frittata. Make something delicious fo… Read More
This is the second article in a three-part series on meat inspection. The article was written in 1984 and submitted to The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, where I worked as a consu… Read More
Ford cars at a dealer shop in ShanghaiPresident Donald Trump on Thursday directed U.S. trade officials to identify tariffs on $100 billion more Chinese imports, upping the ante in an already… Read More
The Beginning, September 22, 1985 Champaign, Illinois
Farm Aid started as an idea at the Live Aid Concert when Bob Dylan said on stage, “Wouldn’t it be great if we did something… Read More
In honor of Women's History Month, I have chosen to write about Ruth Harvey Douglass. She wrote a wonderful memoir of her family and without it our family would not have the privilege of kno… Read More