WASHINGTON — Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as U.S. secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally ...

More than 200 House and Senate Republicans are backing a bill to repeal the federal estate tax just as congressional ...

Western Nebraska’s cattle country chimed in as testifiers clashed at a hearing over whether “registered feedlots” in Nebraska ...

American farmers and ranchers undertake incredible responsibilities to feed and fuel us, yet they face threats to their core mission.

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Thompson, Executive Director of Modern Ag Alliance, argues that crop protection tools are under attack from outside groups, ...

Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast Iowa farm, raising corn and hogs alongside his brother. His business ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is eying more U.S. ethanol purchases as a way to erode the U.S. trade deficit, appease ...