With nearly seven months gone, an ambitious $36.5 billion target for Chinese imports of U.S. farm goods this year may not be quite out of reach, but it’s looking like a big, big stretch.

As the winter wheat harvest neared its completion last week, industry eyes turned to the nascent spring wheat harvest, which was expected to kick off in earnest in mid- to late August.

icture an ideal dinner plate. If you’re like most Americans, it features a hearty portion of meat, from animals fattened on midwestern corn and soybeans, and a helping of vegetables, largely trucked in from California.

Researchers from Arba-Minch University and Borena University in Ethiopia have reviewed the effects of genetically modified (GM) crops used as livestock feed, finding no adverse impacts on animal health or production.

A new analysis of cannabis research funding in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom has found that $1.56 billion was directed to the topic between 2000 and 2018—with about half of the money spent on understanding the potential harms of the recreational drug.

Agriculture consumes more land area than any other human enterprise on the planet. Humanity’s demand for food is growing alongside increasing pressure on the environment and climate instability

JUST AN HOUR from Madison, Wisconsin’s capital city, cows roam sloping hillsides and cornstalks line serpentine backroads. Loganville, a town of just 300 people, is farm country.

Field after field of green cotton plants surrounding Lubbock, Texas, will soon turn into a blanket of white, as just beyond the city limits sits the largest cotton patch in the country.

VIRIDIX, A DEVELOPER of datadriven precision irrigation systems, and Talgil, a manufacturer of professional irrigation controllers, have partnered to provide the global farming community with an integrated precision irrigation solution.

What could be more 2020 than an ongoing invasion of jumping worms?

One of the world's oldest grains has found new life. Now, a new $10 million grant aims to further boost commercial use of Kernza.

Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes COVID-19, for example, is linked to similar viruses in bats, which may have been passed to humans via pangolins or another species.

 On 10 November 2020, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reaffirmed its view of a La Niña occurrence from this year until at least February 2021. 

North America grain, oilseed and pulse production in 2020 was amazingly good given the environment that some crops were given to develop in.

Donald Trump was propelled to the US presidency by promising to rewrite globalisation rules.

The recent wave of net zero targets has put the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C within striking distance. The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) has calculated that global warming by 2100 could be as low as 2.1°C as a result of all the net zero pledges announced as of November 2020.

There is no question, 2020 has been all over the map, but with this unprecedented year coming to a close, what should agriculture be prepared for in the next decade and how will this year’s pandemic influence the next 10 years?

After months of negotiations, Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package with much-needed financial relief for agricultural producers, funding for food assistance programs, enhancements to the Paycheck Protection Program and funding for enhanced broadband access, as well as additional financial resources for agricultural research and farmer stress assistance programs, among others.

Turns out 2020 was a good year for Big Ag.

The US economy continues to outperform expectations as stimulus funds are fueling robust consumer spending.