Corn, soybeans and wheat traditionally account for the majority of acres insured by the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP).

The USDA issued the first national corn and spring wheat condition ratings this growing season. This Crop Progress report provides a snapshot of the current conditions. Let's take a look at how the states stack up.

The USDA will take a series of actions to strengthen Tribal sovereignty and fulfill long-standing Tribal requests for the USDA to better partner with Tribal nations and make the food system more resilient.

After a relatively mild winter across the corn belt, corn rootworm (CRW) hatching is already underway, which is earlier than usual.

It's been a challenging past year and a half, with the majority of pork producers experiencing negative profit margins.

USDA Reports Crop Conditions Starting Off On a Positive Note.

A large portion of the corn-producing region has moved into the late planting stages this past week.

The reliance on precision farming continues to grow, with GPS being used on 70% of U.S. planted cropland.

The USDA rolled out a voluntary bird flu surveillance program that allows participating farms to bypass specific animal shipment requirements if the herds test negative for three consecutive weeks.

Black seed penycress is a persistent weed that comes up year after year. However, modifying a gene in wild pennycress promises to transform the weed into a cash crop.