Cheddar block prices reached $2.27 per pound in early September, the highest in 27 months on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Northwest Cherry Growers President B.J. Thurlby expressed concern earlier in the year about a potentially poor harvest.

U.S. dairy exports remain strong despite a slowdown in China’s dairy imports. They even set records.

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is investing $17.6 million in research targeting two critical diseases affecting livestock.

A Purdue University survey found that while consumers support the goals of regenerative agriculture, they are hesitant to pay more for products made using eco-friendly practices.

In the most recent WADSE report, released on September 12, the USDA raised its yield estimate for the corn crop to a record 183.6 bushels per acre.

A team at the University of Nebraska is researching ways to establish agriculture in space, with the ambitious goal of growing food on Mars or the Moon.

Anthrax has been confirmed in multiple beef herds in Carbon County, Wyoming, by the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory.

Last week, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA had authorized licensure applications for an initial field study of a non-replicating H5N1 vaccine for cattle.

Drought in Northern Mexico, paired with high feeder cattle prices in the U.S., has substantially increased feeder cattle imports to the U.S. in 2024.