Agriculture

Don't panic: The government shutdown isn't making food unsafe
The Food and Drug Administration is inspecting less food these days, thanks to the shutdown. And while that has raised questions about food safety, the food business is largely carrying on as usual.
Beef-friendly Nebraska eyes regulations on the word 'meat'
More than four months after Missouri became the first U.S. state to regulate the term "meat" on product labels, Nebraska's powerful farm groups are pushing for similar regulations on veggie burgers, tofu dogs and other items that look and taste like real meat.
Nobody is moving our cheese: American surplus reaches record high
Americans consumed almost 37 pounds per capita in 2017, but that wasn't enough to reduce the country's 1.4 billion-pound cheese surplus. The stockpile of cheese started to build several years ago.
Transportation, agriculture edge out electricity as Minnesota's largest emissions sources
Minnesota still is not meeting goals set in 2007 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources, including electricity, transportation, agriculture and industry.
Chickpeas sit in silos as Trump's trade wars wage on
The largest importers of crops like lentils, garbanzos or peas — China and India — aren't buying because of trade wars and tariffs. But farmers already planted in anticipation of sales.