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Early response to the Senate farm bill has been mostly positive as farm organizations weigh in on the bipartisan proposal passed out of the commends Senate Agriculture Committee today....More

Crop insurance will be top of mind as farm bill markups are revealed next week....More

Drought and up-and-down temperatures are affecting insect behavior....More

Heat-related injuries can render farm workers helpless before they even realize they are in trouble....More

“I don’t foresee another farm land bubble like the one that occurred in the 1980s," says Abbott Myers, chairman of Mississippi Land Bank....More

University of Nebraska-Lincoln study indicates extended use of fertilizers may be good for the crops, but may adversely affect soil stability....More

Plant explosion rocks rural Texas. Fire officials say the blast destroyed or damaged dozens of homes....More

Rio Grande Valley water officials charge such a limited release is little more than a slap in the face and will provide no relief for communities and farmers who are currently facing critical water shortages....More

While it’s still early to make any hard and fast predictions on the 2013 U.S. peanut crop, it’s fairly certain there will be a significant decrease in planted acreage, even if increased export sales to China are realized....More

Washington and Ohio join new federal-state partnership targeting recipient fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program....More

Research has cast doubt on links between honey bee decline and neonicotinoids....More