Chuck Abbott

Republican John Thune of South Dakota prevailed over two rivals in closed-door voting on Wednesday and will become Senate majority leader in January.

With little sign of a breakthrough on the farm bill in Congress, farm groups are shifting their attention to a proposed $21 billion bailout bill.

Public health officials confirmed six additional cases of bird flu infection of farmworkers, five in California and one in Oregon, raising the U.S. total to 52 this year.

The government would send $2 billion to financially beleaguered farmers almost immediately under a mammoth farm bill proposed by Senate Agriculture

A child in populous Alameda County tested positive for the avian influenza virus and was recovering at home from mild upper respiratory symptoms, said California public health officials on Tuesday.

“One in five farmers could be pushed out of business by the sharp drop in farm income this year,” said Mississippi Sen.

Half a century ago, in 1973, I entered the news business as a reporter for a small weekly paper in Missouri. And now, it's time to leave the party.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Brooke Rollins, director of his Domestic Policy Council during his first term, for Agriculture secretary, saying

Americans are consuming ever-larger amounts of imported fruits, vegetables, wine, alcohol, coffee, and beef, an appetite that will drive the food

Mike Spier, vice president of overseas operations at U.S. Wheat Associates, was elected president and CEO to succeed Vince Peterson, who will retire July 1, 2025. Spier has traveled to more than 50 countries, gaining experience in grain merchandising, international wheat trading, market analysis and negotiation of ocean freight contracts.