Winners of the 2020 Agricultural Proficiency Awards were named during the 93rd National FFA Convention & Expo held virtually this year, Oct. 27-29.

The USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced Oct. 29 it is extending the deadline for public comments on recommended improvements to the Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) Rainfall Index Crop Insurance Program to Dec. 21, 2020.

Bert Paris loves farming. After nearly 30 years of operating his dairy farm near Belleville, Wisconsin, Paris is in the process of passing on his farm to his daughter Meagan.

Extension experts in California have partnered with colleagues in South Dakota to create Match.Graze.

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to cause agricultural commodity marketing disruptions, the USDA has launched a second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2). Unlike the first CFAP program, alfalfa producers – whether producing for forage or alfalfa seed – are now eligible for payments.

Haying season is winding down in most parts of the country. Based on the USDA’s preliminary Crop Production report estimate released Oct. 9, the harvest totals are a mixed bag.

Thanks to the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance’s (NAFA) efforts in working with Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota) and other congressional offices, alfalfa farmers are now eligible for USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2).

October brought the USDA’s first harvest estimates for the 2020 haying season. Highlighting numbers of note, U.S. acreage devoted to alfalfa and alfalfa mixture hay continued a long-term trend lower, while average yields of other hay maintained a small but steady increase.