Student Panel at National Ag Day 2026

Chuck Zimmerman

A diverse group of students participated in a panel at the National Ag Day Activities. Here’s who participated: Moderated by Dr. Jaye Hamby, NIFA Students: AFA Chloe Ecord FFA Chloe Zittergruen 4-H Karli Abbott MANRRS Ruth Fennell Tribal Agriculture Fellowship Sydney Ivey Listen in to the discussion here: (32:14)

Ag Day, Audio

Trump Promises Farmer Announcements Today

Cindy Zimmerman

During a cabinet meeting Thursday, President Donald Trump talked about the White House gathering later today of farmers and ranchers from across the country.   “So tomorrow we will be announcing a variety of actions that we’re taking to support American farmers, who we never forget,” Trump said. “We love the farmers. We gave them $12 billion out of tariff money. We had a tremendous …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Audio

Outstanding Young Farmer During National Ag Day

Chuck Zimmerman

During the 2026 National Ag Day activities we got to listen to the Outstanding Young Farmer, Brody Stapel, Stapel Farm. This program is managed by the Outstanding Farmers of America. Brody did a speech about his farm and what it means to him and his family. You can listen to the full speech below. I’m honored to be here representing …

Ag Day, Audio, Farming

2026 National Ag Day

Chuck Zimmerman

The National Ag Day activities took place in Washington, D.C. today with an impressive slate of speakers, starting with USDA Secretary Agriculture Brooke Rollins announcing a new “Product of USA” consumer campaign. (19:03) Today, on National Agriculture Day, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the launch of a national public awareness campaign to inform meat, poultry, and egg …

Ag Day, Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Audio, USDA

Senate Ag Committee Leaders Pledge Farm Bill Action This Year

Cindy Zimmerman

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) say they are working toward swift passage of a “Farm Bill Part 2” that ties up loose ends from last summer’s budget package. Speaking at the Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit in Washington D.C., Boozman said he is coordinating with House Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson and …

Agri-Pulse, Audio, Farm Bill

Syngenta Spotlights Biologicals at Classic

Cindy Zimmerman

Syngenta Biologicals featured two products at the Commodity Classic in San Antonio last month – Boosten, which supports crop resilience under stress, and YieldON, which helps plants push more sugar and starch into seed to increase yield. YieldOn has been available for several years now but this is the first year of sales for Boosten, according to Joe Ben Bogle, …

Audio, Biologicals, Commodity Classic, Syngenta

Zeldin Emphasizes Transparency at Agri-Pulse Summit

Cindy Zimmerman

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin detailed significant strides in reducing the agency’s pesticide registration backlog during his appearance at the Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit today, stressing expedited reviews and greater public transparency. “We’ve made tremendous progress,” Zeldin told Agri-Pulse founder Sara Wyant that the pesticide review backlog stood at 14,500 when he took office but has now dropped to …

Agri-Pulse, AgWired Precision, Audio, Environment, EPA, pesticides

ACE 2026 DC Fly-In Marks 15 Years

Cindy Zimmerman

The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) is marking 15 years of grassroots ethanol advocacy on Capitol Hill this week at its 2026 DC Fly-In. Since launching the first event in 2009, more than 300 individuals from over 30 states have participated in ACE Fly-Ins, bringing firsthand perspectives from rural America to the policymakers and regulators responsible for shaping the nation’s …

ACE, Audio, Ethanol

Syngenta Victrato Fights Yield Robbing Soybean Diseases

Cindy Zimmerman

The Crop Protection Network just released its soybean loss report for 2025, estimating 4.8 percent (216.5 million bushels) of the potential soybean production last year was lost due to disease across 29 soybean-producing U.S. states. According to the report, Red crown rot was estimated to have caused 7.7 million bushels of soybean yield losses in the U.S. in 2025, up …

AgWired Precision, Audio, Commodity Classic, Seed, Soybean, Syngenta

Use AgNewsWire and Save Some Green

Chuck Zimmerman

As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this week, we invite you to consider using AgNewsWire to send your next news release and save some green. We started this service in 2005 with the intent to distribute audio with press releases – interviews, sound bites, podcasts – because it was just not being done at the time. We had to attach …

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