Farmers and ranchers could face higher estate taxes if Congress fails to act before the end of the year. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act contains provisions that are ...

Today is Earth Day on the calendar, but every day is Earth Day at every level of the ag industry. We’ve talked extensively about how farmers are using conservation practices ...

A team of buyers from major Japanese beef importers recently visited U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) headquarters in Denver to learn about U.S. beef production practices. After that visit, the ...

Earlier this month, several Midwest governors- including Govs. Kim Reynolds (R-IA), Larry Rhoden (R-SD), Jim Pillen (R-NE), and Mike Kehoe (R-MO)- sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ...

Policy decisions that impact our natural resources have a big impact on anyone who makes their living off of the land, and that’s especially true for cattle producers. We’re currently ...

If your kids love blueberries, they’ll love the new book from Feeding Minds Press. The latest publication from Feeding Minds Press, the publishing arm of the American Farm Bureau Foundation ...

Diversified agriculture provides many opportunities for improvements to efficiency and sustainability. But with so many factors to consider, it can be difficult to take everything into account when ma ...

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) hosted a two-day trade seminar in Accra, Ghana, bringing together some 30 U.S. red meat exporters with 76 buyers from 12 African nations. Importers ...

After the end of the main holiday season, many food banks see a drop in donations. But in a time when many of those food banks are in limbo due ...

Riley Smith went the distance for Middletown South, tossing 14 strikeouts, walking one, allowing four hits on one run scored in its 5-1 victory against Shore in the first round of the Monmouth ...

Freehold Borough (1-5) opened up the scoring, pushing across a run in the bottom of the first. Middletown South (4-0) would score six runs in the next two innings and 10 runs in the final three ...

Local diver Riley Smith with a couple walleyes speared from Lake Huron. Photo courtesy Jon Durtka “As soon as I got into it, I was like, ‘This is the most amazing thing in the world,’” Durtka tells ...