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JBS to Convert Pennsylvania Beef Plant to Value-Added Facility, Saving 400 Jobs
JBS will spend more than $30 million over 10 years to turn its Souderton, Pennsylvania beef plant into a case-ready oper...
Paraguay’s Farm Growth Has Room to Run, but Roads and Power Are the Brakes
Record soybean output near 12–13 million tonnes shows the sector’s headroom, a former agriculture minister says, but poo...
Machine Learning Reads Genetic Neighborhoods to Flag Harmful Poultry E. cecorum
Arkansas researchers used machine learning to read gene order, not just gene presence, and separated disease-causing E. ...
El Niño's Double Blow to Peru: Southern Drought and Coastal Floods Put 7.8 Million Farm Hectares at Risk
Cenepred sees almost the entire cultivable surface exposed to drought, huaicos or flooding through March 2027, as agro G...
NCC Exchange Tours Expose Cotton Growers to Cross-Regional Practices and Diversification
Two July tours connected cotton producers from all four U.S. regions, offering hands-on insights into nutrient managemen...
JBS Invests $30M to Transform Souderton Plant, but Cattle Producers Face Trucking Cost Squeeze
JBS will modernize its Souderton, Pa., facility for case-ready production, preserving 400 jobs but ending slaughter, rai...
Brazilian Beef Industry Braces for 35% Drop in China Sales as Safeguard Quota Bites
China's new import safeguard quota is set to slash Brazilian beef exports by a third, forcing major meatpackers like JBS...
Brazil Offers R$12/Ton Subsidy to Northeast Sugarcane Producers Hit by US Tariffs and Climate
The federal government approved a R$270 million extraordinary aid for sugarcane farmers in the Northeast whose 2025/2026...
Seedless Blackberries and Cherry Bushes: Pairwise Bets CRISPR Can Remake the Food System
A North Carolina startup is using gene editing to create thornless, seedless, high-yield fruit and stacking climate-resi...
Paraguay’s Alto Paraná Powers Grain Exports with Fertile Soils and New Bridge Link
The eastern department’s high-yield soils, strategic logistics hub, and upcoming Integration Bridge cement its role as P...
Cobb-Vantress Names Eight Poultry Genetics Projects as 2026 Grant Recipients
The poultry genetics leader announces its fourth annual research grants, backing projects focused on bird health, welfar...
Four Factors That Could Push U.S. Wheat Prices Above $8
Black Sea disruptions, Southern Plains drought, record-low acreage and sluggish exports are creating a volatile outlook ...
10 Questions Ranchers Must Answer Before Investing in Virtual Fence Technology
An Oklahoma conservation agent shares the non-negotiables—connectivity, collar lifespan, financing and more—that can det...
Husker Harvest Days 2026 Launches Free Event App to Help Farmers Navigate the Show
Farm Progress rolls out an upgraded mobile guide for the 2026 Husker Harvest Days, offering offline access, personalized...
Kharif Sowing Gap Shrinks Under 2% as August Rains Revive Planting, Sugarcane Acreage Revised Down
India’s kharif crop coverage reaches 87.6% of normal, with the year-on-year deficit narrowing to 1.8% after accelerated ...
EPA Regional Administrator's Virginia Tour Highlights Collaboration on Farming, Recycling, and Port Sustainability
EPA Mid-Atlantic chief Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey toured Virginia to observe farmer-led conservation, AI-driven recycling, a...
Brazil's First Canned Oysters: How UFSC Research Is Turning Florianópolis' Mariculture into a Shelf-Stable Souvenir
A partnership between chefs and scientists in Santa Catarina has produced Brazil's inaugural canned oysters, giving tour...
French Farmers Union Demands 'Billions' in Emergency Aid as Climate Crisis Devastates Agriculture
FNSEA President Arnaud Rousseau calls for an unprecedented government bailout to counter record drought and heatwaves, w...
Senate Confirms Glen Smith as USDA Rural Development Chief; Pledges Cyber Safeguards on Water Loans
Former Farm Credit Administration CEO will oversee rural credit and infrastructure programs, with an early focus on prot...
Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Markup Stalls as Democrats Hold Firm on SNAP Delay
A partisan standoff over how quickly states must assume SNAP error-rate penalty costs stopped the farm bill from advanci...
Russian Meat Prices Climb: Beef Up 15.6%, Chicken Follows as Costs Bite
Rising feed, logistics, disease, and seasonal demand are pushing up beef, chicken, and pork prices across Russia. Expert...
Russian White Sugar Exchange Trading Volumes Jump Over 20-Fold Since 2017
Spot volumes on the Russian sugar exchange exceeded 90,000 tonnes this year, up from a cautious start in 2017, as the FA...
A Month of Black Sea Disruption: How Port Attacks Are Reshaping Global Wheat and Edible Oil Trade
Sustained attacks on Black Sea and Azov ports are slashing grain exports from Russia and Ukraine, driving up wheat and s...
Scoular to Build Soybean Dehuller at Ohio Facility Amid Plant-Based Demand Surge
Agribusiness Scoular is investing in a dehulling line at its Covington, Ohio, facility, responding to rising global dema...
Cameroon Cocoa Output Plunges 20%, Squeezing Global Chocolate Supply
Production fell to a five-year low of 247,914 tonnes in 2025/26 after extreme weather hit West Africa, slashing exports ...
Why Chilean Fruitland Is Drawing Global Funds and Family Offices
Institutional investors and family offices are accelerating acquisitions of premium Chilean farmland, drawn by high-marg...
When Activism Diverts Attention from Real Water Quality Threats
A Minnesota collaborative effort found that activist claims linking nitrate to cancer rest on correlation, not causation...
Global food prices climb to three-year high as grain supplies tighten
The UN's food-commodity index rose 0.6% in July, led by wheat, sugar and vegetable oils, with Black Sea attacks, extreme...
U.S. Avocado Inspections to Partially Resume in Mexico's Michoacan After Security Suspension
Partial restart eases export inspections halt triggered by security threats, but full normalization remains uncertain; e...
French Maize Harvest to Plunge 35% to Lowest Since 1980 as Heatwaves and Costs Bite
France’s 2026 maize crop is forecast at just 9 million tonnes, down 35% and the weakest since 1980, as farmers cut acrea...