USDA

The latest USDA Agricultural Prices report is turning heads as February brought a 12% jump in the Prices Received Index, a 14% rise in crop production prices and a beef cattle boom that pushed values $36.00 above the same month last year.

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April 2, 2026

A blockbuster USDA report just shook the grain world after March 31 data showed 95.3 million intended corn acres, 84.7 million soybean acres and all wheat plantings down to 43.8 million, adding fresh tension to spring 2026.

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April 2, 2026

FDA just dropped a March 31 New World screwworm warning for veterinarians as emergency drug pathways expand, with cattle, dogs and cats now at the center of a fast-moving federal response to one of livestock medicine’s nastiest threats.

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April 1, 2026

USDA just declared an Indiana farm disaster after months of punishing rain from April 1 through December 31, 2025, opening emergency loan help for Jennings County and six nearby counties ahead of an October 13, 2026 application deadline.

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March 31, 2026

A new USDA label campaign is making waves because Product of USA no longer lets imported products coast on patriotic branding after minimal processing, a change officials say should boost transparency, fairness and consumer trust.

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March 30, 2026

A stunning egg market reversal is unfolding as retail prices fall to $2.50 per dozen, wholesale prices dive from more than $8 last winter to below $1 earlier this year, and a rebuilt national flock floods stores with cheaper eggs ahead of Easter.

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March 30, 2026

A big National Agriculture Day surprise just put America’s meat labels under a brighter spotlight after USDA launched a fresh Product of USA campaign on March 24, promising stricter standards and a tougher line against imported products getting easy patriotic branding.

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March 28, 2026

Nebraska farmland values decline for second consecutive year as economic pressures mount

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March 20, 2026

USDA confirms historic armyworm invasion destroying Texas winter wheat yields

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March 19, 2026

Corteva announces successful field trials of gene-edited drought resistant corn in Nebraska

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March 19, 2026