The onset of drought and disease are causing growing concerns about the size of the U.S. corn and soybean crops this year. Analysts caution while the crops may be going backward in terms of yield, ...

Hot and humid was a consistent theme across the state in the latest Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report from the U.S.

But despite recent drought improvement, 22 percent of the Texas cotton crop and 48 percent of its oat crop was in poor to very poor conditions, according to USDA. Midwest ...

Federal cuts have leaders at the National Drought Mitigation Center concerned for the potential impact on weather data.

USDA has several options under conservation programs to provide regulatory relief to producers that are suffering from the drought.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said ...

Several North Alabama counties have been named as primary natural disaster areas due to the recent drought, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

The USDA also is reducing the penalty ranchers are assessed for allowing livestock to graze on land set aside for conservation since the drought is expected to reduce the amount of corn available ...

The USDA declared a drought disaster in eight southeast Washington counties, making producers there eligible for Farm Service Agency emergency loans. Asotin, Garfield and Whitman counties were ...