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Houston, We Have a Farm Problem

Farmers have been looking to the heavens for decent weather since roughly the invention of farming. Now NASA wants to help with something a little more technical than crossing fingers. Ground control: On October 24, USDA and NASA signed an agreement to combine Earth observation, geospatial analytics and advanced data tools. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman formalized the partnership in Alabama. The goal is better agricultural informat

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Houston, We Have a Farm Problem

Farmers have been looking to the heavens for decent weather since roughly the invention of farming. Now NASA wants to help with something a little more technical than crossing fingers. Ground control: On October 24, USDA and NASA signed an agreement to combine Earth observation, geospatial analytics and advanced data tools. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman formalized the partnership in Alabama. The goal is better agricultural informat

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Bird Flu Is Still Ruffling Feathers

Bird flu has delivered another painful blow to the egg industry, this time at a large Illinois laying operation. There is no clever upside to losing nearly a million birds. By the numbers: Federal officials confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza affecting 934,600 laying hens in Clinton County, Illinois. Local officials identified the premises as a Rose Acre Farms site near Germantown. Rose Acre ranks among the largest U.S. egg producers. What happened? The affected flock

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Maine Gets a Tariff Break

Maine growers may finally have one less expensive item on the farm shopping list. Naturally, Washington found a way to make that good news come with a new tariff twist. Border adjustment: The administration plans to remove tariffs on selected Canadian goods important to Maine farms and food businesses. The exemptions, announced October 23, are scheduled to take effect October 30. They cover machinery used for cleaning, sorting, grading, packing and wrapping agricultural produ

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Houston, We Have a Farm Problem

Farmers have been looking to the heavens for decent weather since roughly the invention of farming. Now NASA wants to help with something a little more technical than crossing fingers. Ground control: On October 24, USDA and NASA signed an agreement to combine Earth observation, geospatial analytics and advanced data tools. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman formalized the partnership in Alabama. The goal is better agricultural informat

Technology

10 minutes ago

Bird Flu Is Still Ruffling Feathers

Bird flu has delivered another painful blow to the egg industry, this time at a large Illinois laying operation. There is no clever upside to losing nearly a million birds. By the numbers: Federal officials confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza affecting 934,600 laying hens in Clinton County, Illinois. Local officials identified the premises as a Rose Acre Farms site near Germantown. Rose Acre ranks among the largest U.S. egg producers. What happened? The affected flock

Livestock

12 minutes ago

Maine Gets a Tariff Break

Maine growers may finally have one less expensive item on the farm shopping list. Naturally, Washington found a way to make that good news come with a new tariff twist. Border adjustment: The administration plans to remove tariffs on selected Canadian goods important to Maine farms and food businesses. The exemptions, announced October 23, are scheduled to take effect October 30. They cover machinery used for cleaning, sorting, grading, packing and wrapping agricultural produ

Policy

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Fertilizer Gets a $573M Homegrown Boost

Washington is putting serious green behind making more fertilizer at home. Whether that delivers cheaper nutrients before the next planting season is a different question. Money in the ground: USDA selected eight fertilizer manufacturing projects for about $573 million in proposed federal funding. With private and other investments included, the package totals more than $1.34 billion. Domestic capacity is the goal, not an immediate fertilizer clearance sale. Why now? Global s

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Western Water Rights Go to Court

Western farmers are learning that a water right can be written on paper and still leave a field painfully dry. Two cases in the Pacific Northwest are putting that problem before judges. First in line? Idaho growers Jerry and Valerie Bingham, who farm 1,000 acres near Blackfoot, are challenging restrictions that stopped them from pumping groundwater. Their right dates to 1950. They argue the state treated their claim unfairly while allowing certain newer users to keep drawing

Farming

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FFA's Blue Jackets, Red-Hot Debate

National FFA has spent generations teaching young people how to lead. Now some of the grown-ups are arguing about where the organization itself should go. That's one way to make a leadership lesson interactive. Jacket tug-of-war: Former officers, educators and lawmakers have questioned National FFA's approach to diversity and outside partnerships. An October examination describes disagreement over whether the organization is broadening opportunity or drifting from its agricul

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Sheep Producers Are Feeling Fleeced

American sheep producers have a bone to pick with lamb imports, and this time they took the argument straight to Washington. At an October 16 hearing, domestic producers said imports are squeezing their ability to compete, while Australia and New Zealand argued they are helping fill a gap in American supply. Sheep have entered the courtroom. Feeling fleeced: Industry testimony put the U.S. share of its own lamb market at 21.1% in 2025, down from 27.6% in 2021. The American Sh

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The Farm Data Is Talking. Is Anybody Listening?

A combine can draw a beautiful yield map, but it cannot tell you why one muddy corner behaved like it had personal grievances. That is where farmers are discovering the value of making their various datasets finally talk to one another. The detective work: In one recent field example, imagery revealed a soggy portion of a field beside clearly visible drainage-tile lines. By comparing maps instead of staring at one pretty image, the problem became easier to diagnose. Layer cak

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Houston, We Have a Farm Problem

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Houston, We Have a Farm Problem

Bird Flu Is Still Ruffling Feathers

Maine Gets a Tariff Break

Fertilizer Gets a $573M Homegrown Boost

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Fertilizer Gets a $573M Homegrown Boost

Western Water Rights Go to Court

The Farm Data Is Talking. Is Anybody Listening?

Drones Couldn’t Spot the Disease. Send in the Robot.

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Houston, We Have a Farm Problem

Bird Flu Is Still Ruffling Feathers

Maine Gets a Tariff Break

Fertilizer Gets a $573M Homegrown Boost

Western Water Rights Go to Court

FFA's Blue Jackets, Red-Hot Debate

Sheep Producers Are Feeling Fleeced

The Farm Data Is Talking. Is Anybody Listening?

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