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Source: American Farm Bureau The United Nations is recognizing 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer , with hopes of spotlighting the contributions of women in agriculture and agribusiness. A recent USDA news release states, "women are responsible for roughly half of the world’s food production." The news release went on to say that 2026 will be "an unprecedented opportunity to underscore – and to address – the myriad social and economic challenges that women in

Source: National FFA Organization news release Indianapolis, IN -- The 2025-26 National FFA Officer Team was elected during the final session of the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis on Saturday. The National FFA Officer Team from 2025-26. From left-to-right: Trey Myers (Oklahoma), National President; Lilly Nyland (Michigan), National Secretary; Joey Nowotny (Delaware), Eastern Region Vice President; Jael Cruikshank (Oregon), Western Region Vice President;

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer, Farm Credit Council has announced an initiative to provide leadership development training to women leaders across the Farm Credit System: Advancing Women in Agriculture through Resilience & Distinction (AWARD). Participants will take part in a groundbreaking leadership experience at Gettysburg in the summer of 2026. Each of the 55 Farm Credit Associations and four banks, representing all 50 st

Source: GA Farm Bureau On Oct. 24, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA - APHIS), confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry operation in Gordon County. This is the third confirmed HPAI case in a commercial operation and the fifth overall detection in the state this year. Since the nationwide avian influenza outbreak began in 2022, mo

LEXINGTON, VA — Traffic accidents are already stressful, but when livestock are involved, they can quickly become chaotic and dangerous situations. With hundreds of thousands of farm animals transported on U.S. roadways every day, crashes involving livestock trailers are inevitable. Not only do these incidents pose a host of unique challenges, but many responding personnel may have limited experience handling farm animals. That’s why Virginia Farm Bureau Federation hosted a s

by Ryan Hanrahan, University of Illinois' FarmDoc project Urbana, IL - Bloomberg's Jeff Sutherland and Ilena Peng reported that "China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, providing some relief to US farmers who have anxiously awaited the resumption of exports to the Asian nation. For the next three years, China has agreed to buy a minimum of 25 million tons annually, Bessent said Thursday on Fox Business." Ima

October 30, 2025 - Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV), a lending cooperative that serves Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland, announced the Association would award a total of $43,000 in grant funding to eligible postsecondary education institutions through the second funding cycle of the Agricultural Career Enhancement (ACE) grant program. One of the grant recipients is the East Coast Horseshoeing School, a farrier program in Henry County, Va. - Image credit FC of V

WASHINGTON, DC —A recently-launched national study is amplifying women’s voices to strengthen their future in agriculture. American Farm Bureau Federation’s Women in Agriculture Study is a comprehensive effort to capture women’s voices from across all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The survey remains open through March 31 to gather insights from women working in production agriculture, agribusiness, and education and advocacy. The survey also seeks input from men and others in re

Source American Farm Bureau; Bernt Nelson, Economist October 29, 2025 - U.S. cattle farmers have faced significant challenges in recent years, from COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions, low cattle prices and persistent drought conditions to growing threats of invasive pests and diseases, a decades-low supply of beef cows and historic inflation in production costs. Image credit - American Farm Bureau Federation For the first time in a long time, cattle ranchers, backgrou

Washington, D.C. - Today, October 23, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced a suite of actions to strengthen the American beef industry, reinforcing and prioritizing the American rancher's critical role in the national security of the United States. Since 2017, the United States has lost over 17% of family f