USDA’s March WASDE provides forecasts for supply and use of U.S. and world wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseeds and cotton. USDA’s March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates risks getting ...

USDA is urging farmers to respond to 2026 acreage surveys as skepticism grows over recent corn acreage revisions. Officials say stronger participation is key to maintaining the accuracy and ...

A bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate has resulted in the USDA retaining its classification of the humble potato as a vegetable under Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A letter written by Democrat ...

Senators say potatoes could soon have more in common with rice than carrots as they report the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking into reclassifying the vegetable as a grain. Democratic ...

An Iowa farmer walks past damaged grain bins following a 2020 derecho. Farmers across the Midwest have seen their grain bins destroyed or damaged in recent years by tornadoes, derechos and other ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department will allow some schools to delay adding more whole-grains to meals this year, responding to criticism from school nutrition officials and Congress that the ...

The USDA’s Prospective Plantings report is typically seen as the start of the new crop season. With that, we have embarked on yet another journey of trying to guess final U.S. production. This is a ...

Grain markets moved through another week without one of their most important benchmarks after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that the Oct. 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand ...

U.S. farmers planted 6% more corn acres this spring than last year but 5% fewer soybean acres, which is likely to drive U.S. soybean exports lower because of tighter supplies and higher prices. USDA ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids’ meals. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of ...