President Trump vowed to once again punish China with tariffs if he won re-election, claiming his strategy of heavily taxing Chinese products had forced Beijing to make trade concessions and helped American farmers. Read More…

China may fall short of annual agricultural product purchasing commitments made in its Phase 1 trade deal with the United States due to “non-agricultural trade issues,” U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Friday. Read More…

In recent weeks, farmers across the Midwest have begun harvesting millions of acres of corn, soybeans, and other fall crops. As tractors and combines crisscross the fields, the farm sector faces tough times because of low prices, a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic's hit to restaurants, hotels, and other big food buyers. Read More…

The agriculture industry has hit a turning point. Faced with a massive labor crunch and environmental instability, aggressive technology deployments are no longer an option for outliers in the sector, but a necessary and critical element in the success of the farm. Read More…

In the old days, farmers kept track of their crops’ vital stats in logbooks and on whiteboards — but in the new days, that’s just not going to cut it. Read More…

Cold-storage warehouses, which are similar to industrial warehouses but are refrigerated to store goods that need to remain fresh or frozen, usually cater to food producers, food wholesalers and retailers such as grocers, restaurants and other bulk buyers. But during the early days of Covid-19, shoppers swarmed supermarkets, hoarding frozen foods and other staples. Grocers, farmers and meat producers suddenly had to repackage food in smaller portions so it could be stockpiled for grocery-store customers at a time when most restaurants closed down. Read More…

The coronavirus pandemic came at a bad time for the Burnsville Center mall near Minneapolis. In May, Macy’s Inc. said it would close its store. J.C. Penney Co., which also has a store at the mall, filed for bankruptcy. Read More…