As Bayer looks to contain the damage caused by thousands of lawsuits filed over the alleged health effects of Roundup, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to weigh in on a filing before the court.

Micronutrients only make up about 2% of a typical fertility program, but failing to manage them properly can limit yield potential significantly

Hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), the tour included a visit to Ryan and Christina Larson’s 1,000-acre strip-till and no-till operation in Garretson, S.D., near the southwestern Minnesota border.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry released legislative text for the budget reconciliation package that the committee says will “rein in runaway spending” in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and promote an invest in “rural America and America’s farm families.”

The Department of Health and Human Services touted the 68-page report generated by a presidential commission as “exposing a range of contributing factors” in childhood chronic disease, including poor diet, accumulation of “environmental toxins,” inadequate physical activity, chronic stress and overmedicalization.”

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled several initiatives she says are designed to “Make Agriculture Great Again” by increasing access to credit, succession planning and land acquisition for small family farms.

USDA Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the agreement will, “lower tariffs, remove trade barriers, increase market access and strengthen cooperation on economic security.”

An evolution in thinking, precision technology and science has given us new ways to farm more sustainably and efficiently without punishing the soil. The enemy, of course, is apathy.