After years of losses, debt is piling up and new government payments won’t fill the hole. At a breaking point, more farmers ...

In addition to a farm bill extension through Sept. 30, 2025, the American Relief Act of 2025 recently passed by Congress contains $9.8 billion in market relief payments for 20 covered crops. According ...

Harvesting rice in a Texas field that has been leveled using laser-guided technology. Land leveling can help reduce methane emissions from rice production. (USDA photo) The Iowa Soybean Association ...

Farmers with cotton, rice and peanut base acreage stand to get the biggest subsidy increases under the changes Congress made to farm bill commodity programs through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a $12 billion farmer aid package -- with $11 billion earmarked for ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Prospective Plantings report released last month indicates cotton acreage planting intentions in Arkansas fell significantly and intentions for rice and corn ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's weather bureau warned on Thursday that a prolonged heatwave forecast in the country's eastern, central and southern regions in July may hit production of rice and cotton, ...

Rice Travis Satterfield, a Mississippi rice farmerspeaking on behalf of the U.S. Rice Producers Association and the USA Rice Federation, rejected the idea of a one-size-fits-all program for farmers ...