120 articles by Sarah Zimmerman

• Draft text of COP28 agreement leaves food off the table

  Dec. 8, 2023

• CN to buy Iowa Northern Railway as US biofuels market booms

  Dec. 7, 2023

• The biggest food sustainability pledges at COP28, from Bezos to JBS

  Dec. 7, 2023

• Lowering crop insurance subsidies for large farms could save millions, watchdog finds

  Dec. 6, 2023

• Darigold CEO steps down

  Dec. 5, 2023

• Over 130 countries sign COP28 pledge to integrate food into climate action

  Dec. 4, 2023

• Farm income to fall 17% from last year’s record highs

  Dec. 1, 2023

• Tyson debuts $300M highly automated chicken plant

  Nov. 30, 2023

• Food system transformation on the menu at COP28

  Nov. 29, 2023

• Cargill accelerates efforts to end deforestation in South America as EU regulations loom

  Nov. 28, 2023

• US loses trade dispute over access to Canada’s dairy market

  Nov. 27, 2023

• How Fresh Del Monte uses its farms to test regenerative agriculture efforts

  Nov. 22, 2023

• Biden signs funding package to avert shutdown, extend farm bill

  Nov. 17, 2023

• Nutrien partners with agtech startup on a more sustainable fertilizer

  Nov. 17, 2023

• Farm bill extension heads to Biden’s desk

  Nov. 16, 2023

• Agriculture leaders agree to one-year farm bill extension

  Nov. 13, 2023

• Koch Foods agrees to end ‘unfair’ exit fees for poultry farmers in DOJ settlement

  Nov. 13, 2023

• USDA takes action to ‘level playing field’ for poultry farmers

  Nov. 9, 2023

• Panama Canal restrictions to stretch into 2024 as low water levels persist

  Nov. 8, 2023

• US reduces tariffs on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco

  Nov. 8, 2023

• Federal watchdog urges sugar policy reform to lower prices

  Nov. 7, 2023

• Bird flu spreads to major poultry producing states Arkansas and Alabama

  Nov. 6, 2023

• Bunge partners on blockchain tech to trace soy sustainability

  Nov. 3, 2023

• Environmental groups blast USDA for extending climate funding to dairy digesters

  Nov. 2, 2023

• Republicans urge new House speaker to pass farm bill

  Oct. 31, 2023

• ADM and Solugen to build Minnesota biomanufacturing facility for plant-based chemicals

  Oct. 31, 2023

• China signs purchase agreements for US farm goods worth billions of dollars

  Oct. 30, 2023

• Farm bill ‘will need an extension’: Senate ag chair

  Oct. 27, 2023

• USDA strengthens animal welfare requirements for organic label

  Oct. 26, 2023

• USDA announces $2.3B for trade and food aid

  Oct. 25, 2023

• House Democrats mobilize to protect $20B in climate funding for farm bill

  Oct. 24, 2023

• Louis Drefyus plans $500M Ohio soy processing plant

  Oct. 23, 2023

• Bayer aims to bring sustainable rice cultivation to 2M farmers in India

  Oct. 20, 2023

• Butter prices soar to record highs

  Oct. 19, 2023

• General Mills and Walmart team up to accelerate regenerative agriculture

  Oct. 18, 2023

• Vilsack: Farm bill negotiations not ‘forward-looking’ enough

  Oct. 17, 2023

• Israel-Hamas war prompts concerns over global fertilizer supply

  Oct. 13, 2023

• Meat snack maker fined $140K, faced shipping restrictions for child labor violations

  Oct. 12, 2023

• US tomato tariff dispute becomes ripe with tension

  Oct. 11, 2023

• Smithfield to close North Carolina pork processing plant

  Oct. 10, 2023

• How low Mississippi River water levels could disrupt grain harvests, again

  Oct. 9, 2023

• Missouri pressures Tyson to sell 2 poultry plants set for closure

  Oct. 6, 2023

• Biden admin expands funding for farms to tackle livestock waste

  Oct. 5, 2023

• Corteva lawsuit accuses gene-editing startup of stealing seeds

  Oct. 4, 2023

• This AI chatbot can help predict supply chain disruptions at farms

  Oct. 3, 2023

• The farm bill expired. Now what?

  Oct. 2, 2023

• Agriculture spending bill fails to pass US House

  Sept. 29, 2023

• Nestlé, Danone and other major food companies commit to framework for regenerative agriculture

  Sept. 28, 2023

• Pivot Bio expands leadership with former Syngenta, Hormel execs

  Sept. 27, 2023

• ADM sees M&A as ‘more important’ for future growth

  Sept. 26, 2023

• USDA launches $65M pilot to help attract more temporary farm workers from Central America

  Sept. 25, 2023

• Big food’s regenerative agriculture pledges mostly just talk

  Sept. 22, 2023

• US Senate targets December for farm bill passage

  Sept. 21, 2023

• China appeals WTO ruling against retaliatory tariffs on US goods

  Sept. 20, 2023

• Extreme heat is causing cows to produce less milk

  Sept. 19, 2023

• Mars pushes regenerative agriculture in $1B climate initiative

  Sept. 18, 2023

• Former Tesla engineer joins Guardian Agriculture as farm drone maker ramps up production

  Sept. 15, 2023

• Mission Produce profits derailed by weak avocado harvest in Peru

  Sept. 14, 2023

• Global wheat production poised to decline for first time in 5 years

  Sept. 13, 2023

• How the looming government shutdown is complicating the farm bill

  Sept. 12, 2023

• India agrees to slash tariffs on US poultry

  Sept. 11, 2023

• Proposed reciprocal switching rule aims to improve rail service

  Sept. 8, 2023

• Shipping container farming startup to go public in deal with SPAC

  Sept. 8, 2023

• Organic Valley doubles size of dairy sustainability initiative

  Sept. 7, 2023

• Barge rates pressured by low Mississippi River water levels

  Sept. 6, 2023

• US soybean crop at risk after record heat returns to Midwest

  Sept. 5, 2023

• Pivot Bio taps new CEO as biofertilizer startup plans manufacturing expansion

  Sept. 1, 2023

• Vilsack: Climate-smart agriculture can help farmers compete against big business

  Aug. 31, 2023

• Vietnam lifts restrictions on grain exports from North America and Europe

  Aug. 30, 2023

• Canada joins US in trade dispute against Mexico over GMO corn

  Aug. 29, 2023

• EPA denies petitions for stronger CAFO regulations

  Aug. 28, 2023

• Environmental groups petition SEC to halt JBS’ US listing

  Aug. 25, 2023

• Chevron and Brightmark’s Florida dairy digester project marks first renewable gas delivery

  Aug. 24, 2023

• US wheat exports expected to hit 52-year low

  Aug. 23, 2023

• Bayer evaluates gene editing opportunities with tech company Cibus

  Aug. 22, 2023

• Deere leans further into technology as smart tractors boost revenue

  Aug. 21, 2023

• US ramps up trade dispute with Mexico over genetically modified corn

  Aug. 18, 2023

• WTO backs US in challenge of China’s retaliatory tariffs

  Aug. 17, 2023

• Mosaic delves deeper into alternative fertilizers

  Aug. 16, 2023

• Maui fires could disrupt efforts to rebuild Hawai’i agriculture

  Aug. 15, 2023

• USDA proposes higher fees for agricultural import inspections

  Aug. 14, 2023

• Bayer and Shell team to reduce rice methane emissions in India

  Aug. 11, 2023

• Pink pineapples boost Fresh Del Monte earnings

  Aug. 10, 2023

• Democrats say far-right push to cut food assistance will ‘jeopardize’ the farm bill

  Aug. 9, 2023

• Global wheat prices rise for first time in 9 months after Ukraine grain deal collapse

  Aug. 8, 2023

• Corteva sales hit by falling demand for pesticides, other crop protection products

  Aug. 7, 2023

• Farm bill to address pork industry’s Prop 12 concerns

  Aug. 4, 2023

• Bunge looks for smaller acquisitions after $8.2B Viterra buy

  Aug. 3, 2023

• Farm production costs skyrocketed 15.2% in 2022

  Aug. 2, 2023

• Danone to deconsolidate dairy assets seized by Russia

  Aug. 1, 2023

• US progressives want the farm bill to take on big food companies

  July 31, 2023

• Nestlé taps startup to advance regenerative agriculture in beef production

  July 28, 2023

• ADM earnings jump on record Brazil soybean and corn crops

  July 27, 2023

• Indoor farming company AppHarvest files for bankruptcy

  July 26, 2023

• Biden threatens veto of House agriculture spending bill

  July 25, 2023

• India bans some rice exports, sparking inflation fears

  July 24, 2023

• Amid race to finish farm bill, budget office declines request to add staff

  July 21, 2023

• Bipartisan effort grows to scrutinize foreign purchases of US farmland

  July 20, 2023

• USDA teams with states to crack down on anti-competitiveness in food

  July 19, 2023

• Russia seizes Danone assets, upending dairy giant’s exit from the country

  July 18, 2023

• Russia pulls out of Black Sea grain deal, threatening food prices

  July 17, 2023

• Nestlé to expand regenerative agriculture for wheat in DiGiorno pizza

  July 14, 2023

• Canada nears deal to end port strike as agriculture shippers report disruption

  July 13, 2023

• USDA will invest $300M to monitor agriculture’s effect on climate

  July 13, 2023

• Xochitl Torres Small confirmed as USDA deputy secretary

  July 12, 2023

• Corn conditions improve as drought recedes in parts of the Midwest

  July 11, 2023

• Midwest drought prompts barge shipping concerns

  July 10, 2023

• EU food safety regulator says glyphosate safe for agriculture

  July 7, 2023

• Europe’s plan for greener farming hits pushback

  July 6, 2023

• Shell, Arable partner on carbon measurement for sustainable agriculture

  July 5, 2023

• Stressed cows, dried up crops: How that Texas heat is affecting agriculture

  June 30, 2023

• McConnell: More farm bill money will be ‘hard to come by’

  June 29, 2023

• Barilla works with 9,000 farms on sustainable and regenerative agriculture

  June 28, 2023

• India lifts retaliatory tariffs on US agricultural products

  June 27, 2023

• Worsening Midwest drought threatens crop production

  June 26, 2023

• 5 trends set to define agriculture in the second half of 2023

  June 26, 2023

• Depleted cattle herds push beef prices to near record levels

  June 20, 2023

• Lawmakers weigh easing food safety rules for small meat operations to address consolidation

  June 16, 2023

• USDA takes aim at ‘grass-fed’ and other humane meat labeling claims

  June 15, 2023

• Cargill, CHS add Houston terminal in expansion of export joint venture

  Jan. 23, 2023