A Santa Clara County, California, state laboratory detected bird flu virus in a container of raw milk purchased at a local Silicon Valley store.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) heightened import restrictions on animal products from Mexico following the detection of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border.

President-elect Donald Trump caught many ag industry insiders off guard by nominating Brooke Rollins as Agriculture Secretary to lead the USDA.

The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report revealed that the total number of cattle and calves on feed in U.S. feedlots with 1,000+ head capacity reached 12.0 million on November 1.

In October 2024, U.S. commercial red meat production reached 5.024 billion pounds. This was a 5% year-over-year increase.

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Insurance (PRF-RI) offers Midwest livestock and forage producers a flexible option to insure against low rainfall. Unlike traditional crop insurance, producers choose the months they want to insure as a part of their coverage.

Chair of the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board Lance Honig is uncertain if the July Cattle inventory report will return in 2025.

The Farm Bill faces delays as Republicans rejected Senate Agriculture Chair Debbie Stabenow’s proposed legislation.

Republican senators are making a case that disaster aid for farmers must address both natural disasters, such as hurricanes, and "market-related disasters" impacting agricultural producers nationwide.

Ethanol production hit a record high for the week ending November 8. The Energy Information Administration reported it averaged 1.113 million barrels per day.